Wrestlers' Sexual Harassment Complaints Ignored by Officials and Government

Wrestler Vinesh Phogat has accused the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) and Sports Minister Anurag Thakur of hushing up sexual harassment complaints in the past. Phogat claimed that complaints were reported twice during national camps, but the WFI swept the matter under the carpet. The athletes had called off their protest in January after getting assurances from the government that the matter would be probed, but no action was taken. The wrestlers' protest was not to seek exemptions from trials, but to raise awareness about sexual harassment and mental torture faced by women wrestlers.