'Absolutely shameful...' Video of Delhi cops dragging medal-winning wrestlers leaves Twitterati fuming (WATCH)
As soon as the grapplers were bundled into the police vans, police officers cleared the protest site by removing the cots, mattresses, coolers, fans and the tarpaulin ceiling along with other belongings of the wrestlers.
FollowScenes of champion wrestlers, who won medals for the country, being dragged along the road and being bundled into police vehicles have drawn sharp response on social media. Many accused the government of turning a blind eye towards the protests by wrestlers while inaugurating the new Parliament building in the national capital.
A video posted on the Twitter handle of 2016 Summer Olympics Bronze Medalist Sakshee  Malikkh showed scores of police personnel pulling the wrestlers in an attempt to detain them.  Vinesh Phogat, Sakshee Malikkh and Bajrang Punia were eventually detained by Delhi police after they breached the security cordon while trying to move towards the new Parliament building for a planned women's 'Mahapanchayat'.
As soon as the grapplers were bundled into the police vans, police officers cleared the protest site by removing the cots, mattresses, coolers, fans and the tarpaulin ceiling along with other belongings of the wrestlers.
 The champion wrestlers had resumed their agitation against former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on April 23, demanding his arrest for alleged sexual harassment of several women grapplers, including a minor.
The visuals shared on Sakshee's Twitter handle evoked strong responses. The Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party condemned the 'shameful' manner in which the champion grapplers had been treated.
One user said, "Absolutely shameful and horrifying that the wrestlers and those supporting them are facing brutal police action & arrest, while the accused against whom there are serious allegations of sexual abuse, roams around scot-free."
Another user wrote, "Why is Justice so distant from an ordinary citizen? The answer is in this video. Our female wrestlers on the street, who have bought us international pride, begging for justice, literally! What a sad sad day! Heartbreaking."
Meanwhile, a teary-eyed Vinesh, who showed maximum resistance, later said from a bus that they are being punished for demanding justice. "The accused is roaming free, he is being given shelter by the government and we athletes who won medals for the country are now being put in jail for demanding justice for the country's daughters," she said.
According to the live location shared by one of the wrestlers' supporters from the moving bus, they were being moved towards the Tikri border. In another video shared by the wrestlers, Sakshi's husband Satyawart Kadian and Jiternder Kinha were seen shouting the slogan 'Inqilab Jindabad' along with several others with the Tricolour in hand as the police vehicle whisked them away.
