A New Delhi court has acquitted the former chief of India’s wrestling federation in a sexual harassment and stalking case lodged by prominent female wrestlers. The court charged Singh, the 69-year-old former politician from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in 2024. “I had complete faith that justice would be done … justice was done,” Singh told reporters outside the Rouse Avenue Court following Monday’s verdict. The court reached its verdict after finding “inconsistencies” in witness statements and a “contradiction on major issues”, he told reporters. The athletes were among hundreds at a sit-in demonstration in New Delhi in 2023 demanding action against Singh.