In the backdrop of continuous protests by wrestlers in opposition to WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, wrestler Geeta Phogat was taken into custody en route to Jantar Mantar in Delhi.
“I was also stopped from visiting my siblings at Jantar Mantar. Police (are) saying there are only two ways – either go back to your home or go to the police (station). Highly condemnable,” she mentioned. (tweets translated from Hindi).
Delhi Police on Thursday blocked the entry of wrestlers on the scene the place their fellow grapplers have been protesting.
Even as Sakshi Malik, Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia held a public interview on the protest web site at Jantar Mantar right here, the police declined entry of the wrestlers to the scene.
Geeta Phogat, Vinesh’s cousin, a former Commonwealth Games gold medalist and World Championships medalist, tweeted that she and her husband have been detained by the police.
Two to three individuals, together with Geeta Phogat, have been reportedly detained close to Jahangirpuri, in accordance to a senior police official. He acknowledged that the discharge process is at the moment underway.
Geeta was proven being surrounded by police in a video she posted earlier within the day as she pleaded with them to let her meet her cousins.
After Bajrang urged farmers and most of the people to attain Jantar Mantar in assist of them on Wednesday evening, there was a heavy police presence on the roads main to the protest web site. This might have been in anticipation of supporters making an attempt to attain the placement.
When the wrestlers have been making an attempt to transport extra mattresses and picket benches to the protest web site for his or her in a single day keep, the wrestlers bought into a struggle with Delhi police round 11 p.m. on Wednesday. The rain had left the outdated mattresses moist and soggy.
Since it’s in opposition to the foundations to deliver such issues into the protest web site, the on-duty police began asking concerning the sleeping supplies.
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