Wrestlers vow to continue stir

The country's top wrestlers on Thursday vowed to intensify their protest, saying the government has given them an assurance but not a "satisfactory response".

- RAJESH MOUDGIL

The wrestlers said they will lodge multiple FIRS against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh if the WFI is not disbanded immediately.

The wrestlers, who have accused the WFI president of sexual exploitation and intimidation, continued their dharna for the second day as more grapplers joined them in what they called was a fight to give "a new life to Indian wrestling".

Three time Commonwealth Games medallist and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Babita Phogat came to the protest site with a "message" from the government and assured the grapplers that their demands will be met as athletes spoke about their experience.