Govt Handling Wrestlers Protest 'Very Sensitively', Action Will Be Taken After Chargesheet: Sports Minister

Wrestlers Protest: Union Minister Anurag Thakur said that the Modi government has fulfilled all demands of protesting wrestlers and necessary action will be taken after Delhi police files the chargesheet in the matter.

Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Thursday stressed that the Modi government has fulfilled all demands of protesting wrestlers as he said that the Centre is handling the issue "very sensitively". He said necessary action will be taken after Delhi police files the chargesheet. The remarks come as security was tightened at Delhi's border points in view of a call for nationwide demonstrations given by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) in support of wrestlers protesting against Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over sexual assault allegations.

"We are handling this issue (wrestlers protest) very sensitively... Whatever the players demanded, we are doing all those things. Necessary action will be also taken once Delhi police file the chargesheet...To all those politicising this issue, I would like to say that the law is equal for everyone and all the players are important to us," Union Minister Anurag Thakur said addressing media persons in Mumbai, as quoted by news agency ANI.

Security personnel are maintaining strict vigil at the border points and extra pickets have been put up to prevent any untoward incident, Delhi Police officials said. Security has been tightened, extra police personnel have been deployed and we have also set up extra pickets at Delhi's borders. We want to ensure that law and order is maintained and no untoward incident takes place. This has been done as a precautionary measure, a senior police officer said, as per news agency PTI.

Vehicles entering Delhi from neighbouring states are being checked at the borders, he said.

The SKM, an umbrella body of farmers' unions, had on Tuesday called for nationwide protests on June 1 in support of wrestlers who have been demanding the arrest of Singh for allegedly sexually harassing female grapplers, including a minor.

The announcement came as the wrestlers, who had been protesting at Jantar Mantar since April 23 seeking the arrest of Singh, were removed from the Jantar Mantar protest site by the Delhi Police on Sunday after they tried to march to the new Parliament building that was inaugurated the same day. They were detained and later let off.