Police in India’s capital Delhi have filed circumstances together with of rioting in opposition to the nation’s prime wrestlers after they have been detained throughout a protest.

Olympic medallists Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia have been amongst protesters detained on Sunday as they tried to march to India’s new parliament.

They have been launched later within the night time.

Police additionally cleared out their protest web site in Delhi, however the wrestlers stated they’d return there.

Two-time World Championship medallist Vinesh Phogat and her sister Sangeeta have been additionally among the many wrestlers who have been detained.

Vinesh Phogat and Ms Malik have been launched from detention within the night whereas Mr Punia was let loose late within the night time. It’s not clear if all of the protesters have been launched but.

The wrestlers started protesting on 23 April, demanding the arrest of their federation chief, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, for allegedly sexually harassing feminine athletes.

Mr Singh, an influential lawmaker and politician from the governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has denied the allegations and accused the wrestlers of being “politically motivated”.

The protesters deliberate to reveal exterior the constructing, which is only a few kilometres away from Jantar Mantar, the place they’d been sitting for greater than a month.

But police stated that the protesters didn’t observe their instructions and that they detained those that tried to interrupt safety barricades.

Footage confirmed protesters climbing over barricades and being carried away by the authorities.

“They broke the law,” Dependra Pathak, Delhi’s Special Commissioner of Police, instructed native media.

However, Ms Malik claimed that they’d been “walking quietly” and that the police “dragged and forcibly detained” protesters with out telling them the place they have been being taken.

“The whole world is watching how the government is treating its players,” Vinesh Phogat tweeted.

On Sunday night, police filed cases in opposition to Ms Malik, Mr Punia, the Phogat sisters and “other organisers of the protest”. They have been accused of rioting, assembling unlawfully and of obstructing public servants from doing their responsibility.

Visuals of the athletes being dragged and carried off in buses went viral, sparking criticism from some prime athletes and opposition politicians.

“This makes me sad. There has to be a better way to deal with this”, Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra tweeted in response to a video which confirmed police pulling the Phogat sisters as they sat on the street.

“Why does it have to come down to our wrestlers being dragged around without any consideration? This isn’t the way to treat anyone. I really hope this whole situation is assessed the way it should be,” stated Indian soccer crew captain Sunil Chhetri.

Several opposition leaders, together with Congress’s Rahul Gandhi and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, criticised the police’s actions.

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