The Delhi Police booked wrestlers Sakshi Malik, Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia together with their supporters on costs of rioting and obstructing public servant in discharge of obligation after they have been detained whereas marching to the brand new Parliament constructing on Sunday.
The police stated 700 folks have been detained throughout Delhi, together with 109 protesters at Jantar Mantar.
Reacting to the event, Vinesh Phogat stated whereas it took the Delhi Police seven days to register an FIR towards Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, it did not even take seven hours to e book those that have been holding a protesting “peacefully”.
The wrestlers had been protesting at Jantar Mantar towards Singh since April 23 demanding his arrest for alleged sexual harassment of seven ladies grapplers, together with a minor.
“The FIR has been registered at Parliament Road police station below New Delhi district towards the organisers of the protest, together with wrestlers Sakshi Malik, Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia and Sangeeta Phogat, and others who have been a part of the scuffle that passed off at Jantar Mantar right this moment with the police,” a senior police officer stated.
The FIR has been registered below sections 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant), 186 (obstructing public servant in discharge of public features), 353 (assault or felony pressure to discourage public servant from discharge of his obligation) and 332 (voluntarily inflicting harm to discourage public servant from his obligation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the officer stated.
Sections 352 (assault or felony pressure in any other case than on grave provocation), 147 (rioting) and 149 (illegal meeting) of the IPC and Part 3 (mischief inflicting injury to public property) of the Prevention of Injury to Public Property Act have additionally been invoked, he stated.
Vinesh Phogat criticised the Delhi Police for submitting the FIR towards the protesters.
“It takes seven days for the Delhi Police to register an FIR towards Brij Bhushan, who has sexually assaulted (feminine wrestlers), and it did not take even seven hours to register an FIR towards us for protesting peacefully. Has dictatorship began on this nation? The entire world is watching how the federal government is treating its gamers. A brand new historical past is being written,” the world championship medallist tweeted in Hindi.
Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia have been amongst these detained after a scuffle with safety personnel who tried to cease them from marching to the brand new Parliament constructing because it was being inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Wrestlers and police personnel shoved and pushed one another when Vinesh Phogat, her cousin sister Sangeeta Phogat and Sakshi Malik tried to breach the barricades.
Instantly after the wrestlers have been pushed into buses and brought to completely different areas, the police personnel started clearing the protest web site at Jantar Mantar, eradicating cots, mattresses, coolers, followers and the tarpaulin ceiling together with different belongings of the wrestlers.
All the feminine wrestlers who have been detained have been launched and the male wrestlers may even be launched quickly, a senior officer had earlier stated.
Taking to Twitter, Olympic medallist Sakshi Malik, nonetheless, vowed to proceed their sit-in at Jantar Mantar.
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