Flanked by office-bearers of the Wrestling Federation of India, its former president and sexual-harassment accused Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh took centrestage Saturday as the WFI announced the resumption of the Pro Wrestling League (PWL).

The league, launched in 2015, was shut down in 2019 over a cash crunch and the pandemic.

The former six-time Member of Parliament is facing trial in a Delhi court after some of the country’s top women wrestlers accused him of sexual harassment in 2023. The formal invite named him as the “guest of honour” for the evening.

When the sports ministry suspended the newly elected WFI body after his close associate Sanjay Singh was elected president in December 2023, Brij Bhushan, following a meeting with BJP president J P Nadda, had said he had “taken sany

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