India report: Sports ministry suspends newly-elected wrestling body

Listen to the SBS Hindi news from India. 25/12/2023

Indian top wrestlers Bajrang Punia (L), Vinesh Phogat (C) and Sakshi Malik (R) speak to the media. They had been demanding the arrest of the former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan over sexual harassment allegations. EPA/RAJAT GUPTA Source: EPA / RAJAT GUPTA/EPA

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