Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat on Thursday expressed shock over a scuffle between Delhi Police personnel and protesting wrestlers at Jantar Mantar. Appalled by the boorish behaviour of the Delhi Police towards protesting wrestlers, an emotionally distraught Phogat said they were not ‘criminals’ and that they did not deserve such ‘disrespect’. Phogat, who is the first Indian woman wrestler to win gold medals at both Commonwealth and Asian Games, asked if she won medals for the country to see this day.
Vinesh Phogat’s reaction came after a scuffle broke out on late Wednesday when the protesting wrestlers were bringing in folding beds for their night stay and the on-duty police personnel allegedly began enquiring about that. The wrestlers alleged that the police officers started behaving badly with them and even abused the women wrestlers.