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Rain causes chaos but wrestlers not to leave protest site

weather is going to be like this for the next two days but we are ready to face these obstacles, says Bajrang Punia

PTI New Delhi Published 02.05.23, 06:13 AM
Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu pays a visit to the wrestlers’ protest site at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Monday.

Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu pays a visit to the wrestlers’ protest site at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Monday. PTI Photo

Persistent drizzle disrupted the wrestlers' protest on Monday and caused a bit of chaos.

The supporters jostled for space to save themselves from rain in the afternoon. The mattresses were quickly removed from the road and put in a corner inside the makeshift shed that was covered with multiple waterproof tarpaulin sheets.

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The elderly moved inside the shed and, in the chaos, a big fan fell on one of them.

The determined wrestlers said they won't leave the protest site and will brave the weather conditions.

"We will not move from here. We will continue to sleep here even if it means sleeping on wet mattresses," Tokyo Olympic Games bronze medallist Bajrang Punia said.

"The weather is going to be like this for the next two days but we are ready to face these obstacles."

The Delhi police is yet to record the statement of protesting women wrestlers even after three days since Wrestling Federation of India chief Brijbhushan Sharan Singh was booked.

Police are likely to question Singh in connection with the FIRs registered against him, but no official notice has been served to him yet, officials said on Monday, adding that police are yet to record the statement of women wrestlers.

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