Top Indian wrestlers on Thursday stated that they would escalate their protests at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi and file multiple FIRs if the government doesn’t intervene and the Wrestling Federation of India is not disbanded with immediate effect, reported PTI.
Additional wrestlers joined on the second day of the protest where they accused the Wrestling Federation of India president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh of sexual exploitation and intimidation.
Wrestlers Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat, Anshu Malik, Sakshi Malik and her husband Satyawrat Kadiyan called for a meeting with the government and also spoke with Director General of the Sports Authority of India Sandip Pradhan, and Sports Secretary Sujata Chaturvedi about their concerns.
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PTI also reported that during the one-hour meeting, the wrestlers were asked to end their protest and assured that their grievances will be addressed. The wrestlers chose instead to continue their protest, however, until the WFI president is removed and the national federation is dissolved along with all of the state wrestling associations in the country.
Addressing the media after the meeting, Vinesh is quoted as saying, “Unfortunately, we did not get a satisfactory response.”
She added: “Yesterday, we had 1-2 victims amongst us but now…
