Delhi police have filed FIR in opposition to the group of wrestlers protesting in opposition to WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar. The FIR has been filed hours after a scuffle broke after the protestors – together with nationwide wrestlers Sakshi Malik, Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia – tried to march in direction of the brand new Parliament constructing inaugurated at present by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The police FIR additionally names organisers of the march. The police have booked organisers on fees of rioting and obstructing public servants within the discharge of obligation after a few of them have been detained whereas marching to the brand new Parliament constructing.
The police stated 700 individuals have been detained throughout Delhi, together with 109 protesters at Jantar Mantar. According to a senior police officer, the FIR has been registered below sections 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant), 186 (obstructing public servant in discharge of public capabilities), 353 (assault or use of legal drive to discourage public servant from discharge of his obligation), 332 (voluntarily inflicting damage to discourage public servant from his obligation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
All ladies protestors, together with wrestlers Sakshi Malik, Vinesh Phogat and Sangeeta Phogat, have been launched on late Sunday night. Around 14 protestors from Najafgarh, detained from Janpath have been launched round 10 p.m. and 16 protestors together with Surendra Solanki, the president of Palam Khap, have been launched from Vasant Vihar police station round 10:30 p.m. The Sarv Khap mahapanchayat and protesting wrestlers had given a name to carry a ladies panchayat exterior the newly constructed Parliament constructing in Delhi on Sunday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi was to unveil it.
Many opposition events have criticised authorities for not arresting Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, a BJP MP, and have expressed solidarity with the protesting wrestlers. The Delhi Police had filed two FIRs together with one below POCSO Act in opposition to Singh, who has denied all the costs. Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Ok Stalin, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, Nationalist Congress Party MP Supriya Sule and Left leaders condemned the remedy meted out to the protesting wrestlers.
