No Power, No Water! Delhi Police denying basic amenities, pressuring us to vacate protest site: Bajrang Punia

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Wrestlers' Protest: Wrestler Bajrang Punia and several others went live on Instagram late at night on Friday (April 28) to claim that Delhi Police officials deployed at the Jantar Mantar protest site have started pressurising them to vacate the spot.

Hours after registering two FIRs against WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over sexual harassment charges by women wrestlers, the cops are now forcing the protesting wrestlers to leave.

To build pressure on the wrestlers who are protesting on the street and sleeping on the footpath the cops have even cut the power supply on the protest site. ( Wrestlers' Protest: Delhi Police registers 2 FIRs over sexual harassment allegations against WFI chief)

Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist and one of the faces of the protest, Bajrang Punia, went live on Instagram to apprise his followers and supporters about the latest development and also gave a tour of the current condition of the site.

The Delhi Police is pressurising us to vacate the protest site. They are telling us to leave as the FIR has been registered. Delhi Police is stooping to such lows, they've locked the gates, the power supply has been cut, and we are forced to pass the night in the dark. We are all sitting here in darkness without fans," Punia said.

He even showed fellow wrestlers Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik and others sitting in the dark under the moonlight and said, "We are forced to have dinner in the torchlight. They are not even allowing the entry of water for us.

"The cops are trying different tricks to build pressure on us so that we leave the site. We are sitting here on peaceful protest but the cops are hell-bent on driving us away. They have also asked the media persons to leave the venue."

Earlier in the day, the FIRs were filed by Delhi Police hours after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for Delhi Police, told a Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice P S Narasimha that a case will be registered on Friday.

The first FIR pertains to allegations levelled by a minor which has been registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act along with relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code concerning outraging modesty, he said.

The second FIR has been registered for carrying out comprehensive investigations into the complaints by adult complainants under relevant IPC sections pertaining to outraging of modesty, the officer said, adding that investigation into both the FIRs was being taken up in right earnest.