New Delhi: A day after the Delhi Police cleared the sit-in website of the protesting wrestlers, the safety drive on Monday stated they are going to be allowed to display at an appropriate place within the metropolis apart from Jantar Mantar.
“The demonstration by the wrestlers was going on smoothly at the notified place of Jantar Mantar. On Sunday, the protestors flouted the law, ignoring our repeated requests. Hence, we cleared the site and ended the dharna,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi) tweeted in Hindi.
“If the wrestlers will apply for permission to stage their sit-in again in the future, they will be allowed to do so at any suitable notified place other than Jantar Mantar,” it stated.
यदि कुश्ती पहलवान भविष्य में दोबारा धरने प्रदर्शन की अनुमति की अर्जी लगाते हैं, तो उन्हें जंतर मंतर के अलावा अन्य उपयुक्त, सूचित स्थानों में से किसी जगह अनुमति दी जाएगी।
— DCP New Delhi (@DCPNewDelhi) May 29, 2023
Wrestlers Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia together with different protesters have been booked for rioting and obstructing public servant in discharge of obligation on Sunday after a scuffle with safety personnel who tried to cease them from marching to the brand new Parliament constructing because it was being inaugurated. Soon after, the Delhi Police cleared the positioning of their over-month-long sit-in at Jantar Mantar and stated they’d not be allowed to return there.
The police stated 700 individuals have been detained throughout the nationwide capital. As many as 109 protesters, together with the three wrestlers, have been detained at Jantar Mantar. Women detainees have been launched later within the night on Sunday.
Elaborating additional, Delhi Police PRO Suman Nalwa stated the police drive had been cooperating with the protesters however Sunday’s incident compelled them to take the intense step and clear the protest website.
“The wrestlers had been protesting for the last 38 days and we were cooperating with them. We were supplying them with water and even generator sets. They also had free entry and exit,” she stated.
The officer additional stated the wrestlers had sought permission for organising a march on May 17 and that additionally they took out a candle march on May 23 however “what they did yesterday was against law and order”.
“The protesters were told that they won’t be allowed for a march as the new Parliament inauguration was slated on Sunday. They still went ahead with the demonstration and broke the first barricade and moved to the second and even tried breaking it. They were then detained,” Nalwa stated.
She stated authorized motion has been taken in opposition to the protesters and the regulation will comply with its course.
“Looking at their (wrestlers’) past record and the way they behaved yesterday, no permission for a protest at Jantar Mantar will be given. If they give a written request, we may give permission for some other venue,” the PRO added.
Chaotic scenes have been witnessed on the dharna website at Jantar Mantar as protesters and police personnel shoved and pushed one another when the Phogat sisters, Sakshi Malik and others tried to breach the barricades on Sunday.
Later, the police filed an FIR in opposition to the protesting wrestlers and their supporters.
The wrestlers had been protesting at Jantar Mantar since April 23 in opposition to Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh demanding his arrest for alleged sexual harassment of a number of ladies grapplers, together with a minor.
