A group of India’s most accomplished wrestlers, who have accused the sport’s top official in the country of serial harassment and abuse of female wrestlers, vowed on Friday to continue a day-and-night protest after a clash two days before with the Delhi police.
The protesting wrestlers, among them two Olympic medalists and a world champion, have demanded the resignation and arrest of the federation’s president, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. They say that Mr. Singh, 66, harassed at least seven young women, one of whom was a minor, over the course of a decade, starting in 2012. He has called the accusations “baseless.”
The government announced a committee in January to investigate the claims, but months of inaction have followed — a reflection, protesters say, of Mr. Singh’s political connections as a member of Parliament from the governing Bharatiya Janata Party, or B.J.P.
When the wrestlers went public with their allegations early this year, they drew immediate media attention. The family of one of them, Vinesh Phogat, a world champion, had been featured in “Dangal,” the top-grossing film in Indian history. Ms. Phogat and the two Olympic medalists — Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik — leveled the accusations against Mr. Singh on behalf of the seven wrestlers who…
