Reacting to the allegation against Delhi Police of manhandling protesting wrestlers at Delhi's Jantar Mantar, Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal accused BJP of being arrogant and said "The time has come to drive them(BJP) out".
The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) Chairperson Swati Maliwal on Thursday morning was spotted with the wrestlers at the protest site at Jantar Mantar.
A scuffle broke out between the protesting wrestlers and Delhi Police at the protest site on Wednesday night. The wrestlers claimed they were manhandled and abused by the police personnel
Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Abhimanyu Kohar and others were on their way to join the wrestlers' protest against the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Singh over alleged sexual harassment complaints against him.
The Delhi Police sources said that no permission to bring the beds to Jantar Mantar was sought while adding that entry into the protest site has not been banned during the day.
Top wrestlers are staging a sit-in protest at Jantar Mantar after filing a complaint at the Connaught Place police station on April 21 stating that seven female wrestlers, including one minor, were harassed and exploited by Brij Bhushan in his capacity as Wrestling Federation of India (WF
In a May 4 letter to Amit Shah, ace grapplers Bajrang Punia, Sakshee Mallikh and Vinesh Phogat alleged that the Delhi Police personnel "attacked" protestors on May 3 late evening and said that "insulting" those who represent the country amounts to "tarnishing the nation's goodwill".
According to DCP East Amrutha Guguloth, the police received the secret information about the crime when they were present in the area for patrolling at the Mayur Vihar area.
"Two female nursing students of Ahilya Bai College of Nursing were allegedly harassed and stripped on 2nd May. It was found that the hostel warden found Rs 8000 missing from her bag and suspected the two students of stealing it. The two were stripped and checked but nothing was found on them