Sports Ministry suspends all activities of Wrestling Federation of India

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The Sports Ministry has suspended all activities of the Wrestling Federation of India till the appointment of a monitoring committee to oversee the functioning of the Wrestling Federation of India on 21 January.

An overview of the news

• These include suspension of ranking events and refund of entry fees collected from participants.

• The government has already suspended Vinod Tomar, assistant secretary of the federation.

• The Monitoring Committee will investigate the allegations levelled against the Executive Committee of the Federation and ensure efficient management of the Federation.

• Wrestling Federation of India President Brij Bhushan Singh was accused by the wrestlers of running the union arbitrarily and sexually abusing women players.