'I saw Brij Bhushan inappropriately touched female wrestlers', says international referee Jagbir Singh

A day after the father of a minor wrestler took a U-turn on Thursday and claimed he deliberately filed a false police complaint of sexual harassment against the WFI chief, international referee Jagbir Singh claimed that he has been a witness to Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh's inappropriate behaviour towards female grapplers on several occasions since 2013. 

Notably, Brij Bhushan is currently under scrutiny after top Indian wrestlers, including Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat and Sakshi Malik, demanded his arrest for alleged sexual harassment of women



grapplers.

Meanwhile, while speaking exclusively to India TV, he allegedly recalled how Singh had touched the female wrestlers inappropriately during a photo session last year.  

"On 25th March 2022, after a trial, there was a photo session and a girl felt uncomfortable while standing with the president and left the spot," he said. "In 2022, I witnessed something. Whenever the president used to travel inside the country for national tournaments, two to three girls were always with him but we could never protest. We have seen that with our eyes," he later told a news agency.