Brij Bhushan acquitted in sexual harassment case

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court Monday acquitted BJP ex-MP and former Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in the sexual harassment case filed by women wrestlers. Suspended WFI assistant secretary Vinod Tomar was also acquitted.Additional chief judicial magistrate Ashwini Panwar pronounced the verdict during in-camera proceedings. The detailed order is awaited.The trial concluded nearly three years after Delhi Police filed its chargesheet against Singh, during which the court examined 32 prosecution witnesses. Of the six complainants, two later turned hostile, while charges were not framed in relation to the allegations of the third complainant.Public prosecutor Manish Rawat told TOI, “We will get the judgment tomorrow. We will examine it and take appropriate steps before higher courts accordingly.”The case arose from complaints by several women wrestlers alleging Singh sexually harassed them between 2016 and 2019 at WFI office, his official residence and on foreign trips.