Union Minister Anurag Thakur said about the wrestlers protesting at Jantar Mantar against Wrestling Federation President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh , ‘If some players today Who talked to him sitting at Jantar Mantar? I 12 I sat with him for hours, listened to him, formed a committee, we wanted a fair probe. On his request, Babita Phogat was included in the committee. Everyone was given a chance to keep his point. Police said that they will take further action after preliminary investigation. The Modi government has always stood with the players. Sports is a priority for us, with which we will not compromise.’

28 The committee was constituted on January Tell you, the Sports Ministry has 27 On January, a five-member monitoring committee was formed under the chairmanship of legendary boxer MC Mary Kom and asked to submit its report in a month. Later, it extended the deadline for submission of the report by two weeks and included Babita Phogat as its sixth member in the inquiry panel on the appeal of the protesting wrestlers. The committee submitted its report in the first week of April, but the ministry is yet to make its findings public. However, sources said that the wrestlers could not prove the allegations of sexual harassment against the WFI chief after several hearings. ,Wrestler angry over not registering FIR against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh On the other hand, top wrestlers including Bajrang Punia, Vivesh Phogat have been protesting at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar for the last few days regarding the whole issue. Let us tell you that, seven women wrestlers have filed a sexual harassment complaint against the head of the federation, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, at the Connaught Place police station in central Delhi. Earlier this year too, wrestlers protested against the Wrestling Federation of India and other trainers. ,Wrestlers had approached the Supreme Court On the other hand, all the wrestlers had approached the Supreme Court for not registering an FIR on the complaint of the wrestlers, taking cognizance of which the Supreme Court had directed the Government and the Delhi Police to take action in the matter, After which the Delhi Police argued that the case will be done after the FIR investigation. On the other hand, Olympic medalist Bajrang Punia said, ‘Until Brijbhushan Sharan Singh is arrested, he will continue to sit on the dharna. ‘

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Thu, Apr 27, 2023, 5: 44 PM IST