Delhi police on wrestlers' detention says...

May 29, 2023 11:17

The Delhi police statement on the clampdown and detention of protesting wrestlers yesterday. "Yesterday, protesters violated the law despite all requests made to them. That is why, the ongoing sit-in protest has been made to conclude. If the wrestlers give an application for sit-in protest again in future, they will be permitted for the same at a suitable place other than Jantar Manta.

"If the wrestlers give an application for sit-in protest again in future, they will be permitted for the same at a suitable place other than Jantar Mantar," says Suman Nalwa, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Delhi.

"We provided all possible facilities to the wrestlers protesting at Jantar Mantar for the past 38 days. But yesterday they violated the law despite all requests made to them...They were detained and released by the evening," says Nalwa.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday attacked PM Modi over the manhandling of internationally acclaimed wrestlers like Vinesh Phogat and Sakshi Malik by Delhi Police on the day Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the new Parliament of India.

In a tweet in Hindi, he said, The coronation is over - the 'arrogant king' is crushing the voice of the people on the streets, attaching a video of the manhandling of the protesting wrestlers by the Delhi Police.

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