Bajrang, Vinesh and Sakshi Malik Bring Mental and Sexual Harassment Allegations Against WFI President

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India’s Olympic bronze medalist Bajrang Punia along with the country’s top wrestlers are currently staging a protest against WFI President Brijbhushan Sharan Singh at Jantar Mantar in Delhi. Speaking to reporters, Punia and other wrestlers made serious allegations against the WFI chief, saying he mentally harasses players and also sexually exploits them. The wrestlers want the WFI president removed and also want new coaches and physios for future workouts.

“People in the federation don’t know anything about wrestling. We want changes in the federation. We will protest until the WFI president is removed. Prime Minister Modi has always supported us and we know that he and Home Minister Amit Shah will help us. We don’t want houses or fancy cars, we just want things related to the struggle. Our request is that we want new coaches and physios” said Punia.

“I was mentally tortured by the federation and the president of wrestling. I thought about killing myself at one point due to the pressure put on me by the federation and the president of the WFI. I went to the Tokyo olympics with four girls but we weren’t provided any physio instead of WFI assistant secretary went with us everyone knows how powerful he is [Brijbhushan Sharan Singh] is. He is four times deputy. Every time we try to complain, they threaten us with death. They mentally torture us and impose disciplinary sanctions on me for no reason,” Phogat said.

“The WFI president is engaging in sexual assaults against players and coaches. I’m saying this now, but I don’t know if I’ll be alive tomorrow. Some of the female wrestlers sitting here have also been assaulted. We don’t know. let’s not fight for ourselves. , we fight to save the fight. He interferes in our personal lives and wants to know who our boyfriend or girlfriend is. He keeps asking us about our marriage. and other personal things,” she added.

Image: Twitter/BajrangPunia

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