Wrestlers’ protest: After being held in Delhi on Sunday, wrestler Bajrang Punia shared a modified picture of wrestlers seated in a police truck. He posted two photos, one of many grapplers smiling and the opposite with out.
Bajrang Punia said that the wrestlers would pursue authorized motion in opposition to these liable for spreading the pretend picture, which appeared on Twitter to indicate Vinesh Phogat and Sangeeta Phogat smiling in a automotive.
Punia tweeted that the glad image circulating on social media was phoney. He tweeted, “IT Cell individuals are spreading this false image. We make it clear {that a} criticism shall be filed in opposition to whoever posts this pretend image.”
IT Cell वाले ये झूठी तस्वीर फैला रहे हैं। हम ये साफ़ कर देते हैं की जो भी ये फ़र्ज़ी तस्वीर पोस्ट करेगा उसके ख़िलाफ़ शिकायत दर्ज की जाएगी। #WrestlersProtest pic.twitter.com/a0MngT1kUa
— Bajrang Punia (@BajrangPunia) Could 28, 2023
The put up was shared on Could 28, 2023, when Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik and himself have been detained on their means in direction of the brand new Parliament constructing inauguration. The wrestlers have been detained for allegedly violating legislation and order.
In the course of the “Mahila Maha Panchayat,” which was convened in solidarity with the wrestlers protesting at Jantar Mantar, they broke by the safety perimeter.
Movies confirmed a battle breaking out between protesters and law enforcement officials regardless of the latter’s makes an attempt to cease it. A few feminine law enforcement officials might be seen taking a girl away from the protest scene in one of many movies.
Superintendent of Police (Ambala) Jashandeep Singh, nevertheless, claimed that no permission had been granted for the “Mahila Maha Panchayat” to happen in Delhi. Moreover, the police detained a lot of farmers early within the morning on the Haryana-Punjab border near Ambala.
Why are wrestlers protesting?
The wrestlers have been holding demonstrations and calling for the arrest of Brij Bhushan Singh, the president of the Indian Wrestling Federation, who they declare has harassed a number of feminine wrestlers, together with a minor.
The protesters who have been arrested have been positioned in a brief jail in Burari, Delhi. At 5:30 p.m., they have been additionally taken for a medical checkup. Main wrestler Sakshi Malik claimed that the protest by the wrestlers was nonetheless ongoing hours after their arrest and that they’d return to Jantar Mantar as quickly as Delhi Police launched them.
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