Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia (Twitter)
Protesting wrestlers stated that as many as seven girls grapplers, together with a minor, have tried to lodge a criticism however the law enforcement officials refused to file an FIR. They additional shared that they’d been receiving threats from a number of quarters too
Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik, Vinesh Phogat and different high wrestlers within the nation have reached Jantar Mantar to protest towards WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh but once more.
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A protesting wrestler stated that as many as seven girls grapplers together with a minor have tried to lodge a criticism at Parliament Street Thana however the law enforcement officials refused to file an FIR.
“We are getting threats from a number of quarters and after ready for greater than two months, we tried to file a criticism at Thana however law enforcement officials shooed us away,” said the grappler.
“We don’t know what is happening here. We will start our protest again and sit on dharna at Jantar Mantar till our demands are met,” the wrestler elaborated.
Olympic bronze medallist Bajrag stated “We have only one situation. The cause for the protest is that nothing has been achieved thus far.”
“We are here to save wrestling. We will sit at 4 pm and talk,” the 29-year-old added.Â
IANS had final month acknowledged that the protesting wrestlers can re-start their agitation towards Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.
Sources acknowledged that the grapplers felt “cheated” and could resume their protest till Brij Bhushan is sacked.
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Notably, an Oversight Committee under the chairmanship of legendary boxer MC Mary Kom is still looking into allegations levelled by the wrestlers against WFI, its president and coaching staff of mental and sexual harassment, earlier this year.
The Committee is also looking after the day-to-day functioning of the federation as Brij Bhushan was asked by the Sports Ministry to not interfere.
Earlier, CWG gold medallist Vinesh Phogat had said that multiple calls made by her were ignored by the oversight committee and that the protesting grapplers had no other option but to move court pertaining to the sensitive issue at hand.
Phogat also said that she also tried to reach Sports Minister Anurag Thakur to discuss the same, but there was no response from him either.
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