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"Fight will continue in court, not on roads": Top wrestlers on protest aga
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Olympic medalist wrestlers Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia along with Vinesh Phogat took to Twitter on Sunday where they said that the government has fulfilled its promise of filing a chargesheet against Singh. Vinesh and Sakshi also announced they were taking a short break from social med
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"Wait for court's verdict...": Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on sexual harassm
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
BJP and Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on Wednesday asked people to wait for the court's verdict with regard to the allegations of sexual harassment by women wrestlers.
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"Nobody came to me," WFI Chief Brij Bhushan Singh denies reports of Delhi
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Olympians Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik and Vinesh Phogat along with other wrestlers had been on a protest in the national capital since the beginning of this year in order to press for the removal and arrest of the WFI chief over allegations of sexual harassment.
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"Arrest WFI chief by June 9 or..." Farmer leader Tikait issues fresh ultim
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) national spokesperson Rakesh Tikait on Friday warned the Central government that if WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, facing sexual harassment charges by country's top wrestlers, is not arrested by June 9, then farmer leaders will hold panchayats across the n
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From Jantar Mantar to Haridwar, a timeline of wrestlers' protest
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The protesting ace grapplers on Tuesday decided to push back their plan of immersing their medals in the Ganga as a mark of protest against WFI chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh after farmer leader Naresh Tikait intervened and secured a five-day ultimatum from them.
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Protesting wrestlers reach Haridwar to immerse their medals in Ganga
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Olympic medalist wrestlers Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik alongwith Vinesh Phogat, who have accused the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh of sexual harassment and are demanding his arrest, reached Uttarakhand's Haridwar to immerse their all medals includi
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Police will take action if people from outside come and do riots: VK Singh
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The Delhi Police have registered an FIR against the organisers of the wrestlers' protest and their supporters for violating law and order.
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"If people are sitting there for political purposes...": Union Minister VK
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Union Minister General VK Singh (retd) on Monday slammed people sitting at the protest site for "political purposes" in connection with the scuffle that broke out at Jantar Mantar on Sunday.
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"Opposition parties misused wrestlers...," Yogeshwar Dutt on scuffle betwe
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Several ace grapplers including Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat and Sakshee Mallik have been protesting at the Jantar Mantar accusing the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh of sexual harassment and demanding his arrest. Many prominent opposition parties have
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Wrestlers violated law despite all requests: Delhi Police
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The Delhi Police have registered FIR against protest organizers and others in connection with the scuffle that broke out at Jantar Mantar as per Indian Penal Code 144 CrPC at Parliament Street Police Station.
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"Condemnable...," CM Stalin on police action against wrestlers
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
On Sunday, Sakshi Malik and her fellow wrestlers Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat and Sangeeta Phogat were detained by Delhi Police while attempting to march to the new Parliament building where the protesting wrestlers planned to stage a demonstration.
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They forcefully dragged us inside bus: Olympic medallist Sakshi Malik
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Earlier on Sunday, the protesting wrestlers who were trying to march towards the new Parliament from their site of protest at Jantar Mantar were stopped and detained by the security personnel in Delhi.
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