Indian wrestlers hold candlelight march demanding sports official’s arrest

India’s top female wrestlers and their supporters march towards landmark India Gate monument protesting against Wrestling Federation of India President Brijbhushan Sharan Singh in New Delhi, India on Tuesday, May 23, 2023 (Altaf Qadri/AP/PA)

India’s top female wrestlers led a candlelight march of nearly 1,000 protesters in the capital New Delhi on Tuesday, demanding the resignation and arrest of the president of the wrestling federation for allegedly sexually harassing young athletes, one of whom was a minor.

Carrying India’s national flag, they marched to India Gate, a monument close to the country’s parliament building.