On an afternoon that India’s most sensible wrestlers like Rio 2016 bronze medallist Sakshi Malik, Tokyo 2020 medallist Bajrang Punia and global championship medallist Vinesh Phogat nearly immersed their medals in River Ganga, the United Global Wrestling (UWW), the worldwide governing frame for wrestling, got here out with a powerful observation condemning the “remedy and detention of the wrestlers”.
India’s most sensible wrestlers had been talked out in their plans to “immerse” their medals into the river as a part of their ongoing call for to have Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh arrested. The wrestlers have claimed that he sexually burdened and abused many ladies wrestlers. The wrestlers have been protesting at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar since April 23.
“For a number of months, United Global Wrestling has adopted with nice worry the placement in India the place wrestlers are protesting over allegations of abuse and harassment via the President of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI),” the observation stated sooner than including: “UWW will request additional details about the following optionally available common meeting from the IOA and the Advert-hoc Committee of the WFI. The 45-day cut-off date that used to be to start with set to carry this optionally available meeting can be revered. Failing to take action might lead UWW to droop the federation, thereby forcing the athletes to compete below a impartial flag. It’s reminded that UWW already took a measure on this state of affairs via reallocating the Asian Championship deliberate in New Delhi previous this 12 months.”
On Sunday, when the wrestlers attempted to march to the brand new Parliament development, they had been detained via Delhi Police, who then dragged the wrestlers, hoisted them off the streets and put them into police vehicles sooner than detaining them. The police additionally registered proceedings in opposition to the protestors.
“The occasions of those ultimate days are much more being concerned that the wrestlers had been arrested and briefly detained via the police for beginning a march of protest. The website the place that they had been protesting for greater than a month has additionally been cleared out via the government,” wrote UWW. “UWW firmly condemns the remedy and detention of the wrestlers. It expresses its sadness over the loss of result of the investigations up to now. UWW urges the related government to behavior an intensive and independent investigation into the allegations.”
It went on so as to add that it is going to hang a gathering with the wrestlers to inquire about their situation and protection and reconfirm our enhance for an even and simply solution in their considerations.
