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When the wrestlers demanded his medical test be conducted he was taken away by the police. [71] [72] The Delhi Police on the contrary said no force was used in a press release the following day. There were no women constables present at the site. [73] The protest site was later sealed by heavily barricading all the roads towards it by Delhi ...
An Olympic story of hope and perseverance quickly turned to one of heartbreak after an Indian wrestler known for her role in anti-sexual harassment protests was disqualified from the gold medal ...
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The Speaking Out movement is a social movement against emotional, physical and sexual abuse in the professional wrestling industry, where people publicize their allegations of misconduct committed by powerful and/or prominent individuals.
Punia is the only Indian wrestler to win four medals at the World Wrestling Championships. [5] He is a recipient of Padma Shri , the fourth-highest civilian award in India which he gave up as a protest after a close aide of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh was elected as Wrestling Federation of India chief.
[2] [3] [4] Previously as a wrestler, she was a multiple-gold medalist of Commonwealth Games, with her wins in 2014, 2018, and 2022. In her wrestling career, Phogat achieved a milestone when she won the gold medal in the 2018 Asian Games and became the first Indian woman wrestler to win a gold medal at both the Commonwealth and Asian Games.
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A second FIR was registered on similar grounds on the complaint of the remaining six adult female wrestlers. [39] According to a report by the Indian Express, two female wrestler complainants described the way Brij Bhushan used to touch their breasts and stomach sexually on the pretext of checking their breath, in a police complaint on 21 April ...