NEW DELHI : India’s sports minister on Wednesday urged wrestling champions who have staged protests accusing their federation chief of sexual harassment to await the outcome of investigations into the allegations before deciding their next course of action.Minister Anurag Thakur said the national capita
NEW DELHI : India’s sports minister on Wednesday urged wrestling champions who have staged protests accusing their federation chief of sexual harassment to await the outcome of investigations into the allegations before deciding their next course of action.
Thakur was speaking a day after Olympic medallists Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik and Asian Games champion Vinesh Phogat said they would toss their medals into the river Ganga as part of their demand for the arrest of their federation chief. The athletes had been camping in New Delhi since April 23 demanding action against Wrestling Federation of India President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who has denied allegations of sexually harassing female athletes.
He added that while the investigation was proceeding it would not be appropriate to take any action that could hurt any other sport or players.
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