New Delhi, Aug. 6 -- Former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief and former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lok Sabha MP from Gonda's Kaisarganj seat, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh received a massive welcome on Thursday as he returned to his home district Gonda for the first time after being acquitted in the sexual harassment case filed by wrestlers.

Singh reached Ayodhya's international airport in a chartered aircraft, where supporters greeted him with drums, music and chants, according to PTI.

Thousands of supporters gathered along the route from the airport, with flower petals showered on his convoy using excavators. As hundreds of vehicles followed his convoy, supporters raised slogans of "Sher Aaya" (the lion has arrived) and firewor...