As witnessed via TOI, the wrestlers sought after to usher in additional mattresses and wood benches to the protest website since rains within the nationwide capital within the night time had made their previous mattresses rainy and soggy.
But Delhi Police did not permit the wrestlers to take the mattresses and benches within the protest website. A policeman, who used to be allegedly inebriated, misbehaved with wrestlers Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik and Sangeeta Phogat, He additionally allegedly abused the feminine wrestlers.
The male wrestlers, together with Bajrang Punia and Sakshi’s husband Satyawart Kadian intervened. As the subject escalated, a scuffle broke out between the police and the protesting wrestlers.
The police, thereafter, resorted to push and shove or even waved lathis which led to Bajrang struggling a shoulder damage and Vinesh a knee damage.
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Another wrestler, Dushyant Phogat, the brother of Geeta and Babita Phogat, suffered a minimize on his brow. He used to be taken to the RML Hospital for remedy.
The police then attempted to detain Bajrang, Satyawart, Jitender Kinha and the opposite male wrestlers, however Vinesh jumped the barricade and threw her frame into the road of fireplace. She used to be once more hit via a feminine constable within the skirmish.
Vinesh alleged that Dharmender Kumar Singh, the Assistant Commissioner of Police provide on the website, additionally abused her.
“Did we win medals for India to see such atrocities. Brij Bhushan has been sleeping comfortably on his bed in Gonda and here we have been spending sleepless nights on the streets under the sky demanding justice,” stated Vinesh.
“Where were lady constables when the male police personnel were hitting me, Sakshi (Malik) or Sangeeta (Phogat). They were abusing and dragging us,” added the reigning CWG and Asian Games champion.
Bajrang, on his phase, stated, “It’s been raining in Delhi. We brought some additional mattresses and wooden cots to sleep. The Delhi police didn’t allow us to bring them in. And when we confronted them, the police personnel started hitting us. It was unprovoked.”
“If you want to kill us, kill us right now. But don’t torture us like this. Don’t humiliate us like this. We are India’s daughters. And a person like Brij Bhushan who is accused of sexual harassment is sleeping peacefully in his house,” added Vinesh.
As the altercation reached a crescendo, senior police officers got here to keep an eye on the location. At least 200-300 police workforce cordoned off the Jantar Mantar protest house. Only 20 wrestlers remained on the website.
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Police stated AAP MLA Somnath Bharti had include some folding beds on the protest website and used to be informed via an ACP that it could no longer be allowed. The wrestlers then began taking the beds within the protest website which ended in a scuffle.
The law enforcement officials denied hitting any person.
“Bharti along with two others have been detained. We are looking into the matter,” a senior police officer informed TOI.