New Delhi:

India’s prime wrestlers, who’ve been protesting towards BJP MP and chief of the nation’s wrestling federation Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, met Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday.

Olympian Bajrang Punia informed NDTV that they met the Home Minister late on Saturday night at his Delhi dwelling.

Sources say the assembly that started at 11 pm lasted for greater than an hour and that it was attended by Mr Punia, Sakshee Malikkh, Sangita Phogat and Satyawart Kadian.

The wrestlers demanded an neutral probe and fast motion towards Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh – who has been accused of sexual harassment by seven feminine wrestlers, together with a minor, they stated.

Amit Shah assured the wrestlers that the legislation stays similar for everybody, it is learnt. “Let the law take its own course,” he reportedly informed the wrestlers. 

Sources say the protesting wrestlers had sought a gathering with Mr Shah after their five-day deadline for motion towards the wrestling federation chief ended on Saturday.

The wrestlers, who allege that their protest towards the wrestling federation chief has been largely ignored, had final month introduced their resolution to immerse their medals into the river Ganga in Haridwar.

They, nevertheless, briefly shelved their plan after intervention from farmer chief Naresh Tikait.

Earlier, the Delhi Police had accused the protesting wrestlers of rioting on throughout their protest march to new parliament, saying they broke the legislation in a frenzy regardless of repeated requests.

Several protesters had been detained in the course of the march. Visuals of champions Vinesh Phogat and her cousin Sangeeta Phogat being pinned onto the bottom by the police had evoked shock and outrage throughout the nation.

The Delhi Police, who shut the Jantar Mantar protest web site to the wrestlers after the crackdown, stated they will even not be allowed to carry a protest at India Gate.

Cops have filed two First Information Reports or FIRs towards Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. Of the 2 FIRs, one relies on mixed complaints of six grownup wrestlers, and a separate one relies on the criticism of the daddy of an underage wrestler.

Amid an escalating marketing campaign for his arrest, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has issued a defiant assertion, refuting all costs. “If a single allegation against me is proven, I will hang myself. If you (wrestlers) have any evidence, present it to the Court, and I am ready to accept any punishment,” he had stated final week.

He additionally stated that he’s able to get a narco check or polygraph check executed.

The wrestlers’ protest has grown in quantity, with farmers from Haryana becoming a member of in to indicate help.

Internationally, the United World Wrestling (UWW), the game’s governing physique, issued a press release condemning the detention of the wrestlers and criticizing the “lack of results” within the investigations towards Mr Singh. The UWW reminded the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) of its promise to carry recent elections for the WFI inside 45 days and warned that failure to take action could result in the suspension of the federation.