Wrestlers protest: Delhi Police on Friday instructed Supreme Court that it will register an FIR by the top of the day with regard with the grievance filed against the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Singh by wrestlers alleging sexual harassment.Â
Earlier within the day, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee right now (April 28) got here in full help of the continued wrestlers’ protest, and stated that the responsible should be delivered to ebook, no matter their political affiliation.
“We must all stand with the wrestlers who are protesting. They are speaking in one voice. Our sportspersons are the pride of our nation. They are champions,” she tweeted. “The guilty must be brought to book, irrespective of their political affiliation. Justice must prevail. Truth must win,” West Bengal CM added in a tweet on Friday.Â
What occurred 3-months again:
In January this yr, prime Indian wrestlers, together with Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat, Ravi Dahiya and Sakshi Malik, held a sit-in protest in Jantar Mantar, demanding that Brij Bhushan be faraway from the pinnacle workplace and Wrestling Federation of India be disbanded. They had accused the physique and its chief of sexual harassment and mistreatment of wrestlers.
Following the protest, in January, the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports introduced the formation of an ‘oversight committee’ to probe allegations levelled against the Wrestling Federation of India and its chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and different coaches.The committee was given the duty of submitting a report on the difficulty to the Ministry.
Earlier, India’s first particular person Olympic gold medal-winning shooter and member of the Olympics Athletes Commission, Abhinav Bindra expressed help for Indian wrestlers who’re protesting at Jantar Mantar within the nationwide capital against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over allegations of sexual harassment. Abhinav Bindra supported the wrestlers of their protest with a poignant tweet on Wednesday.
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