By way of PTI
NEW DELHI: The protesting wrestlers on Wednesday agreed to droop their protest for per week after the federal government requested them to attend until police whole its probe into sexual harassment allegations in opposition to WFI leader Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh by means of June 15.
The wrestlers, after a just about five-hour assembly with Sports activities Minister Anurag Thakur, mentioned the federal government has additionally confident them that the police will withdraw the FIRs filed in opposition to them.
The wrestlers have been booked for violation of regulation and order on Would possibly 28 after they marched in opposition to the brand new Parliament construction with out permission to carry ‘Mahila Samman Mahapachayat’.
The assembly was once attended by means of Olympic medallists Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik, her husband Satyawart Kadiyan and Jitender Kinha.
Double international medallist Vinesh Phogat, a distinguished face of the protest in opposition to the WFI leader, skipped the meet.
“We have been informed that the police investigation shall be whole by means of June 15. Until then, now we have been requested to attend and droop the protest,” Sakshi Malik informed journalists after the assembly.
“The Delhi police may even withdraw the FIRs filed in opposition to the wrestlers lodged on Would possibly 28,” she added. Each Malik and Punia asserted that their agitation was once now not but over and so they suspended their protest handiest until June 15 as asked by means of the federal government.
#WATCH | I had a protracted 6-hour dialogue with the wrestlers. We’ve got confident wrestlers that the probe shall be finished by means of fifteenth June and chargesheets shall be submitted. The election of WFI shall be achieved by means of thirtieth June: Union Sports activities Minister Anurag Thakur after assembly wrestlers %.twitter.com/9hySRefxNM
— ANI (@ANI) June 7, 2023
Later addressing a press convention, Sports activities Minister Anurag Thakur mentioned a chargesheet within the case into the allegations of sexual harassment in opposition to outgoing WFI leader Brijbhushan Sharan Singh shall be filed by means of June 15.
Thakur additionally confident that the elections to the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) shall be held by means of June 30.
Noting that the federal government has authorized each and every call for of the wrestlers, he mentioned WFI may even have an interior court cases committee, headed by means of a girl.
Thakur mentioned the wrestlers had additionally demanded the withdrawal of circumstances in opposition to quite a lot of academies and sportspersons in addition to now not permitting Singh and his mates to take part within the election procedure.
“A lot of these problems have been agreed by means of consensus,” the sports activities minister mentioned.
Requested concerning the wrestlers’ call for for Singh’s arrest, Thakur mentioned the investigation into the case shall be finished and a chargesheet shall be filed by means of June 15.
This was once the second one assembly between the federal government and protesting wrestlers in a span of 5 days.
The wrestlers had met House Minister Amit Shah on Saturday evening and apprised him in their calls for.
NEW DELHI: The protesting wrestlers on Wednesday agreed to droop their protest for per week after the federal government requested them to attend until police whole its probe into sexual harassment allegations in opposition to WFI leader Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh by means of June 15.
The wrestlers, after a just about five-hour assembly with Sports activities Minister Anurag Thakur, mentioned the federal government has additionally confident them that the police will withdraw the FIRs filed in opposition to them.
The wrestlers have been booked for violation of regulation and order on Would possibly 28 after they marched in opposition to the brand new Parliament construction with out permission to carry ‘Mahila Samman Mahapachayat’.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2′); );
The assembly was once attended by means of Olympic medallists Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik, her husband Satyawart Kadiyan and Jitender Kinha.
Double international medallist Vinesh Phogat, a distinguished face of the protest in opposition to the WFI leader, skipped the meet.
“We have been informed that the police investigation shall be whole by means of June 15. Until then, now we have been requested to attend and droop the protest,” Sakshi Malik informed journalists after the assembly.
“The Delhi police may even withdraw the FIRs filed in opposition to the wrestlers lodged on Would possibly 28,” she added. Each Malik and Punia asserted that their agitation was once now not but over and so they suspended their protest handiest until June 15 as asked by means of the federal government.
#WATCH | I had a protracted 6-hour dialogue with the wrestlers. We’ve got confident wrestlers that the probe shall be finished by means of fifteenth June and chargesheets shall be submitted. The election of WFI shall be achieved by means of thirtieth June: Union Sports activities Minister Anurag Thakur after assembly wrestlers %.twitter.com/9hySRefxNM
— ANI (@ANI) June 7, 2023
Later addressing a press convention, Sports activities Minister Anurag Thakur mentioned a chargesheet within the case into the allegations of sexual harassment in opposition to outgoing WFI leader Brijbhushan Sharan Singh shall be filed by means of June 15.
Thakur additionally confident that the elections to the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) shall be held by means of June 30.
Noting that the federal government has authorized each and every call for of the wrestlers, he mentioned WFI may even have an interior court cases committee, headed by means of a girl.
Thakur mentioned the wrestlers had additionally demanded the withdrawal of circumstances in opposition to quite a lot of academies and sportspersons in addition to now not permitting Singh and his mates to take part within the election procedure.
“A lot of these problems have been agreed by means of consensus,” the sports activities minister mentioned.
Requested concerning the wrestlers’ call for for Singh’s arrest, Thakur mentioned the investigation into the case shall be finished and a chargesheet shall be filed by means of June 15.
This was once the second one assembly between the federal government and protesting wrestlers in a span of 5 days.
The wrestlers had met House Minister Amit Shah on Saturday evening and apprised him in their calls for.