

They were manhandled, stopped, and detained as they sought to march to the new Parliament building during its inauguration that day. The wrestlers camped at Jantar Mantar for 38 days demanding Singh’s immediate arrest until the Delhi Police uprooted their tents there on May 28.

Singh, a Bharatiya Janata Party parliamentarian who headed WFI for 12 years, faces charges of sexual harassment of athletes, including at least one minor. Thakur said police will file a charge sheet against Singh by June 15. They said the government agreed on issues including the withdrawal of all criminal cases against them. The wrestlers on Wednesday suspended their protest until June 15 following a six-hour meeting with Union minister Anurag Thakur after a months-long deadlock in talks. The complainant told the court that “hate speeches” made at Jantar Mantar against Modi and Singh prompted him to file two police complaints. The court on May 25 agreed to hear the matter and sought the report from the Delhi Police. It cited the scrutiny of the video clip and said some unknown Sikh protestors were seen raising slogans against Modi at Jantar Mantar. The protester wrestlers.are not seen raising any such slogan in this clip,” the report said. “From the contents of the complaint and video clip provided by the complainant, no cognizable offence of hate speech is made out. Rena Mero was a model for Guess Jeans before getting into Wrestling. The court, which listed the plea for further arguments on July 7, on May 25 sought the report from the police on it. Marc Mero Profile Brock Lesnar Profile Check out Sable’s WWE Alumni profile here Sable Career Highlights In The Beginning: Rena Mero was married to wrestler Marc Mero (aka Johnny B. The police cited a video the complainant provided and said the wrestlers did not raise slogans or make hate speeches at Jantar Mantar while urging the court to dismiss Nauhatiya’s plea. He added allegations made against Singh “are wrong and practically unfeasible” and that it is hard to believe that the wrestlers were harassed by a 66-year-old man. In his complaint, Nauhatiya said slogans raised against Prime Minister Narendra Modi at New Delhi’s protest site Jantar Mantar constituted hate speech while seeking a high-level investigation.

The police filed an action taken report before the court in response to one Bam Bam Maharaj Nauhatiya’s criminal complaint seeking a First Information Report (FIR) against top wrestlers Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia, and Sakshi Malik for alleged hate speech and making “false allegations” against Singh. The wrestlers camped at New Delhi’s protest site Jantar Mantar for 38 days.

The protest was withdrawn after the government assured them that a charge sheet will be filed against the outgoing WFI chief by then and elections to the federation will also be conducted by the month-end.Īfter the meeting, Malik and Punia said they have also been assured that the FIRs lodged against them will be withdrawn.The protesting wrestlers seeking action against former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over alleged harassment charges did not make hate speeches or commit any cognisable offence, the Delhi Police told a local court on Friday. On June 7, the wrestlers had a meeting with Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur after which they agreed to suspend their agitation till June 15. The court has now listed the plea for further arguments on July 7. The ATR urged the court to dismiss the application filed by Bam Bam Maharaj Nauhatiya, who claimed to be the national chief of ‘Atal Jan Party’, against wrestlers Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik. No cognizable offence of hate speech is made out. The protesting wrestlers Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat and other wrestlers are not seen raising any such slogan in this clip,” police said. “It is submitted that on perusal of a video clip provided by the complainant in pen drive, it has been revealed that some unknown Sikh protesters are seen in the video clip and they are raising slogans at Jantar Mantar.
