New Delhi, Aug. 3 -- A Delhi court acquitted on Monday former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in the sexual harassment case lodged by six women wrestlers against him in 2023.

Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) Ashwini Panwar of the Rouse Avenue Courts passed the order of acquittal on Monday, Live Law reported.

The judge also acquitted co-accused Vinod Tomar in the case.

The verdict was reserved after hearing the prosecution, the complainants as well as the accused persons. The proceedings took place in camera.

Sexual harassment charges were framed against Brij Bhushan Singh in May 2024. He, however, was discharged in the allegations levelled by victim...