Old Video Of WFI President Brij Bhushan Singh Slapping Wrestler Revived

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BOOM has debunked the same video earlier. The incident in the video is from December 2021 and long before several prominent Indian wrestlers accused Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh of sexual harassment in January 2023. The wrestlers who have resumed protests are demanding the removal of Singh from the post he has held since 2011 and also demanding a probe into allegations of sexual harassment. BOOM found that the video is originally from 2021, when Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh had slapped a wrestler who asked him to allow him to participate in the U-15 National Wrestling Championship. Singh lost his temper when the wrestler continued to try to persuade him despite not being qualified for the category. He then slapped him twice at the Shaheed Ganpat Rai Indoor Stadium, Ranchi on December 17, 2021, reported on Times of India.