New Delhi, Aug. 3 -- Declaring that "truth has prevailed" and describing the verdict as his "honourable acquittal", former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president and former BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on Monday welcomed a Delhi court's decision acquitting him and former WFI assistant secretary Vinod Tomar in the sexual harassment case filed by six women wrestlers.

"The honourable judge said that Brij Bhushan Singh and Vinod Tomar are acquitted with honour. From the very first day, I had said that if even a single allegation against me was proved, I would be ready to face the harshest punishment. Today, the court has acquitted us with honour, and it is a matter of happiness for me. What I had said on the first day has turned out...