The Wrestling Federation of India's (WFI) assistant secretary Vinod Tomar was suspended by the Ministry of Sports on Saturday as a result of the grapplers' accusations of sexual harassment and corruption against the head of the sports organisation, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. The Open competition, which was scheduled to start in Sharan's UP stronghold of Gonda, was also cancelled by the ministry.
Tomar's presence, according to ministry sources, will "be damaging to the growth of this high-priority field." Additionally, according to sources, the ministry's soon-to-be-established oversight committee would have the authority to decide on every issue relating to Indian wrestling.