Days after difficult safety for themselves along the seven complainants, the protesting wrestlers despatched again Delhi Police’s Personal Security Officers (PSOs) when the latter confirmed up at Jantar Mantar on Sunday night.
Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist Bajrang Punia used to be introduced two Personal Security Officers (PSOs) whilst two-time World Championships bronze medalist Vinesh Phogat used to be assigned one team of workers.
“The PSOs arrived on Sunday but we were denied security because we don’t feel threatened at Jantar Mantar,” Somveer Rathee, one of the vital protesting wrestlers and Phogat’s husband, mentioned.
Punia repeated the stand. “If we are not safe at Jantar Mantar, where else can we be safe?” he mentioned on Monday.
In their press convention on April 28 despite the fact that, the wrestlers had demanded safety for the seven complainants and themselves bringing up outgoing Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh’s prison historical past.
“Brij Bhushan has a long criminal past. We want security for the complainants and us,” Punia had mentioned.
Last week, the 29-year-old had claimed to have met some unknown males on the protest web page who allegedly attempted to intimidate him and communicate him into calling off the stir.
The Delhi Police supplied safety to the entire complainants on Sunday.
Missing any other rating collection
Meanwhile, after lacking the Zagreb and Alexandria Ranking Series in February and the senior Asian Championships in Astana final month, Punia, Phogat, and Rio Olympics bronze medalist Sakshi Malik will omit the Kaba Uulu Kozhomkul & Raatbek Sanatbaev Ranking Series in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan subsequent month.
The Bishkek Ranking Series, set to be held between June 1-4, is the 3rd of the 4 rating collection of the 12 months. The last rating collection will probably be held in Budapest in July. Monday, May 1, used to be the final day for the WFI to ship the group checklist to the organisers.
The federation is lately being run by way of the ad-hoc committee shaped by way of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on April 27. The three-member panel is composed of Wushu Association of India president Bhupender Singh Bajwa and nationwide rifle trainer Suma Shirur. The 3rd member of the committee — a retired prime courtroom pass judgement on — is but to be appointed.
“The protesting wrestlers were approached by the IOA to check their availability while the other wrestlers were contacted by the federation. The team will be a carbon copy of the one that went to the Asian Championships,” a WFI authentic mentioned.
Punia later showed that the protesting wrestlers would omit the contest. “We will miss the Bishkek Ranking Series. We are in no state, shape or form to compete. We are out of practice and in no mind space to compete right now,” he mentioned because the wrestlers’ sit-in entered the 9th day .
Punia had, on Sunday, claimed that obtaining “justice” for the aggrieved wrestlers would imply extra to him than successful an Asian Games medal.
In his absence, the freestyle 65kg department will probably be represented by way of Anuj Kumar who bowed out on the quarter-final degree in Astana. Sakshi Malik’s 62kg slot will probably be occupied by way of Sonam Malik, who took bronze on the Asian Championships.
Astana silver medalist (53kg) Antim Panghal — thought to be a worthy challenger to Vinesh Phogat — will probably be any other notable absentee from the Bishkek match. She will probably be changed by way of Pooja Jatt from Madhya Pradesh.
Tokyo Games silver medalist Ravi Dahiya, who final took the mat on the World Championships in September the place he made a first-round go out, is predicted to compete within the Kyrgyzstan capital.
Dahiya injured his proper knee all the way through a tradition consultation in February and sustained grade 2 tears within the Medial Collateral Ligament (MCL) and Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL).
Since rating collection permit a countrywide federation to ship upto 3 wrestlers in a single weight magnificence, Dahiya and Asian Championships gold medalist Aman Sehrawat had been penciled in by way of WFI within the 57kg magnificence.
“Ravi will go to the Bishkek ranking series. He has begun technical training on the mat and will resume grappling by next week,” his trainer at Chhatrasal Stadium, Lalit Kumar, mentioned.
“We are also planning to send Ravi and Deepak Punia to Russia for an exposure competition this month,” the trainer added.
While Punia and Phogat final competed on the World Championships final September the place they received a bronze, Sakshi Malik’s most up-to-date aggressive look used to be on the Birmingham Commonwealth Games in August the place she received a gold.