Late-night chaos at Jantar Mantar as protesting wrestlers claim police manhandled them

There was chaos at Jantar Mantar late in the night on Wednesday as India’s top wrestlers alleged that police had manhandled and abused them. The latest confrontation seemed to have started when the wrestlers tried to bring beds to the protest site.
The argument with the police reduced Rio Olympics bronze medall Sakshi Malik to tears while Vinesh Phogat was seen arguing with the officials in a video that surfaced from the location.
Vinesh alleged that a drunk policeman had assaulted her brother. She claimed that another police officer had shoved her and Sangeeta Phogat.
“Since it rained today, the streets are wet. That’s why we were trying to get a bed to the protest site. They’re abusing us. This is how they respect daughters,” Tokyo Olympics medall Bajrang Punia told journals.
Delhi police officials, however, said the police official was not drunk and that no protester was beaten.

जंतर-मंतर पर पुलिस द्वारा पहलवानों पर हमला जिसमें मेरे छोटे भाई दुष्यंत फौगाट का सिर फोड़ दिया गया है और एक अन्य पहलवान को भी चोट आयी है ये बहुत ही शर्मनाक है
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A senior police officer said, “There were a few men who tried bringing cots to the protest site. When policemen asked them about it, they got aggressive and the protesters joined them. They wrongfully restrained a policeman and accused him of being drunk. This is not true. Other officers are at the site and the situation is now under control. No protester was beaten up.”
AAP miner Saurabh Bharadwaj, meanwhile, tagged L-G VK Saxena in a tweet, asking him to take note of a purported video of an argument between the protesters and the police.
“Please note Lt Governor Delhi. A Delhi Police officer attacked a wrestler at Jantar Mantar. It is alleged that the policeman was drunk. A medical test should be conducted and MLC of the victim should also be regered,” he tweeted also tagging the Delhi Police Commissioner in the tweet.
Meanwhile, AAP MLA Somnath Bharti alleged he has been detained the Delhi police for demanding foldable cots for the wrestlers at Jantar Mantar.
DCP New Delhi Pranav Tayal said, ” During the protest at Jantar Mantar, Mr. Somnath Bharti came to the protest site along with folding beds without permission. On intervention, the supporters became aggressive and tried to get the beds out of the truck. Subsequently, a minor altercation took place in which Mr Somnath Bharti along with 2 others were detained.”