Wrestlers will be allowed to protest at any other place than Jantar Mantar: Cops

A day after the Delhi Police cleared the sitin site of the protesting wrestlers the security force on Monday said they will be allowed to demonstrate at a suitable place in the city other than Jantar MantarThe demonstration by the wrestlers was going on smoothly at the notified place of Jantar Mantar On Sunday the protestors flouted the law ignoring our repeated requests Hence we cleared the site and ended the dharna Deputy Commissioner of Police New Delhi tweeted in HindiIf the wrestlers will apply for permission to stage their sitin again in the future they will be allowed to do so at any suitable notified place other than Jantar Mantar it saidWrestlers Vinesh Phogat Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia along with other protesters were booked for rioting and obstructing public servant in discharge of duty on Sunday after a scuffle with security personnel who tried to stop them from marching to the new Parliament building as it was being inaugurated Soon after the Delhi Police cleared the site of their overmonthlong sitin at Jantar Mantar and said they would not be allowed to return thereThe police said 700 people were detained across the national capital As many as 109 protesters including the three wrestlers were detained at Jantar Mantar Women detainees were released later in the evening on SundayElaborating further Delhi Police PRO Suman Nalwa said the police force had been cooperating with the protesters but Sundays incident forced them to take the extreme step and clear the protest siteThe wrestlers had been protesting since the last 38 days and we were cooperating with them We were supplying them water and even generator sets They also had free entry and exit she saidThe officer further said the wrestlers had sought permission for organising a march on May 17 and that they also took out a candle march on May 23 but what they did yesterday was against law and orderThe protesters were told that they wont be allowed for a march as the new Parliament inauguration was slated on Sunday They still went ahead with the demonstration and broke the first barricade and moved to the second and even tried breaking it They were then detained Nalwa saidShe said legal action has been taken against the protesters and law will follow its courseLooking at their wrestlers past record and the way they behaved yesterday no permission for protest at Jantar Mantar will be given If they give a written request we may give permission for some other venue the PRO addedChaotic scenes were witnessed at the dharna site at Jantar Mantar as protesters and police personnel shoved and pushed each other when the Phogat sisters Sakshi Malik and others tried to breach the barricades on SundayLater the police filed an FIR against the protesting wrestlers and their supportersThe wrestlers had been protesting at Jantar Mantar since April 23 against Wrestling Federation of India WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh demanding his arrest for alleged sexual harassment of several women grapplers including a minorThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever