Wrestlers Protest: Grapplers say fight will continue in court and not on roads till justice is delivered

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Wrestlers Protest: The protesting grapplers on Sunday (June 25) said the fight against Wretling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh will continue in the court and not on the roads.

Top Indian wrestlers Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia took to social media to state the government has fulfilled their promise of filing a chargesheet against Singh and said their fight will continue in the court till justice is delivered.

"As per the talks held on June 7, the government has implemented our demands. The Delhi Police on June 15 had submitted before court the chargesheet after conducting probe into allegations of sexual harassment on basis of FIR filed by six women wrestlers. Now, the fight will continue in court and not on roads till justice is delivered", the identical tweet posted by the three top grapplers read.

"The process for fresh Wrestling Federation of India election has begun. The polls are scheduled to be held on July 11 as promised by the government. We will wait for the implementation of the promise", the tweet added.

Earlier this year in January, the wrestlers had come to Jantar Mantar, but had suspended their three-day sit-in after Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur promised to probe their allegations of sexual harassment and intimidation against 66-year-old Singh, who is a six-time BJP MP.

However, after no action was taken for nearly four months, the protesting grapplers resumed their protests in April and were on the streets till late May.