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Wrestlers’ Protest Live Updates: Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik hold off on immersing medals in Ganga River

Wrestlers Protest in Delhi live updates: Wrestlers threaten to ‘immerse’ medals in Ganga, go on fast until death
Two days after India’s top wrestlers were detained Delhi Police and had FIRs slapped against them, India’s top wrestlers like Rio 2016 bronze medall Sakshi Malik, Tokyo 2020 medall Bajrang Punia and world championship medall Vinesh Phogat have said they will ‘immerse’ their Olympic and world medals in the Ganga at Haridwar on Tuesday as a way of protesting the high-handedness of the police. The wrestlers also said they will sit on a fast unto death at New Delhi’s India Gate. “These medals are our life and soul. After we ‘immerse’ them in River Ganga, there would be no meaning for us to live. So we will got to India Gate and sit on a fast unto death,” the wrestlers said in a statement. (READ MORE)
Wrestlers Vinesh Phogat, Sangeeta Phogat and Bajrang Punia with supporters during their protest march towards new Parliament building, in New Delhi, Sunday, May 28, 2023. (PTI Photo)

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