New Delhi, Aug. 3 -- Olympians Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia on Monday said the women wrestlers who accused former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh of sexual harassment will challenge his acquittal, asserting that they remain determined to continue their legal fight.

The statement came hours after Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court acquitted Singh and former WFI assistant secretary Vinod Tomar in the sexual harassment case filed by women wrestlers.

In a post on X, Phogat and Punia said the complainants had instructed their lawyers to appeal the verdict and that the challenge would be filed at the earliest.

"The women wrestlers have instructed their lawyers to appeal the verdict, and the appeal will be filed...