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Protest over Indian wrestling harassment allegations

(28 Apr 2023) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP AND SNTV CLIENTS MAY USE ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP AND SNTV CLIENTS MAY USE New Delhi - 28 April 2023 1. Wide of protesters demanding Indian police investigate allegations of sexual harassment against the president of the wrestling federation, Brijbhushan Sharan Singh, UPSOUND (Hindi): “Arrest lawmaker Brijbhushan!” 2. Mid of Bajrang Punia (pink t-shirt) and Sakshi Malik (black t-shirt), international medal winning wrestling athletes, in crowd while protesters chant UPSOUND (Hindi): “Homage to mother India! Long live revolution!” 3. Mid of Vinesh Phogat, international medal winning wrestling athlete, at protest 4. Close of Malik at protest 5. Mid of Punia requesting crowd settle down 6. Various of banner reading: "Protect girls, educate girls and make Brijbhushan run away" 7. Mid of women at protest 8. Various of banner showing accusations in Indian penal code under which Singh has been charged in other cases 9. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Priyanka Kharkram, protester: “Our athletes have paused their practice, work and future plans and are protesting at Jantar Mantar. They are here because the government doesn’t listen to them. The government is dictatorial in its outlook and it doesn’t care about our honour. It has a slogan ‘protect and educate girls’. Whom should we protect our girls from? We finally know that it is the government from which we need to protect our girls from.” 10. Various of protesters 11. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Sanjeet Kumar, wrestling coach: “This sends a bad message in the villages. Who will let their girls pursue sports now? No one will. The government claims that they are always ready to protect women’s rights. But it is the contrary that’s happening.” 12. Various of protesters 13. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Amarjeet Singh, farmer: “The government must take immediate steps to resolve the issue, otherwise the whole of Haryana will take to the streets of Jantar Mantar to protest.” 14. Various of protesters 15. Paramilitary forces walking near protesters STORYLINE: Indian police will investigate allegations of sexual harassment against the president of the wrestling federation leveled by some young female athletes who are holding a week-long sit-in protest near the parliament building in New Delhi, the country's highest court was informed on Friday. Solicitor general Tushar Mehta gave the assurance as the Supreme Court took up a petition filed by female wrestlers claiming that the sports ministry has failed to take any action on their allegations made in January against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brijbhushan Sharan Singh. Singh is a powerful lawmaker representing the ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party. He denies the allegations. Wrestlers are protesting against the WFI president, accusing him of sexual harassment and the wrestling federation of mishandling funds and mismanagement. They also are demanding Singh's arrest. The wrestlers called off a sit-in protest near the parliament building in January following a government assurance that a probe into their allegations would be completed in four weeks. They resumed their protest last week because they say the sports ministry did not act on a report submitted by an inquiry committee that probed the allegations. The ministry has yet to make the report public. In January, Indian Sports Minister Anurag Singh Thakur said the probe would be completed in four weeks. AP video shot by: Piyush Nagpal =========================================================== Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...