New Delhi: Delhi Police on Thursday evening detained wrestler Geeta Phogat and her husband at Delhi-Haryana Border. They were on their way to meet protesting wrestlers at Jantar Mantar.
Geeta in a tweet said, ” Delhi Police have arrested me and my husband, very sad.”
मुझे और मेरे पति पवन सरोहा को दिल्ली पुलिस ने गिरफ़्तार कर लिया है।
बहुत दुःखद— geeta phogat (@geeta_phogat) May 4, 2023
Later she Posted a Video and said, ” I have been stopped to go to Jantar Mantar to meet my brothers and sisters, Police are saying you have two options either you go home or come to the police station,” she tweeted.
दिल्ली पुलिस की मनमानी
मुझे जंतर- मंतर पर मेरे भाई-बहनों से मिलने जाने के लिए भी रोक दिया गया
पुलिस कह रही है की दो ही रास्ते हैं या तो अपने घर वापिस जाओ या फिर पुलिस के घर चलोबेहद निंदनीय pic.twitter.com/yKbUT3LOwq
— geeta phogat (@geeta_phogat) May 4, 2023
Earlier, Wrestlers protest slewed late at night on Wednesday when cops allegedly ‘misbehaved’ with athletes protesting at Jantar Mantar in Delhi against the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.
“We will return all the medals won at the international level and those given by the government. To what level, will we tolerate the humiliation? We are being humiliated, dragged to the ground,” said Vinesh Phogat.
Talking to a media person grappler Bajrang Punia said, “They did not respect that we are Padam Shri Awardee and treated us like that. They were drunk and misbehaved with us.”
“If this is how the wrestlers will be treated, what will we do with the medals? Rather we will live a normal life and return all the medals and awards to the Indian Government. Nation’s daughters and sisters are begging for mercy on roads and nobody cares yet,” he added.
