• By JE News Desk
  • Sun, 23 Apr 2023 05:53 PM (IST)
  • Source:JND
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WRESTLER Vinesh Phogat on Sunday said that if the players of the country are saying that they have been harassed then an FIR should be filed and action should be taken against the accused, adding that justice has not been served yet.

"FIR should be launched and action must be taken because our game, our life, our family, everything is at stake. We are sitting here keeping everything at stake including our game, our life, and our family. We have been going through mental torture, it's about respect of women athletes. We aren't receiving any response from Sports Ministry, it's been 3 months," she said while interacting to the media.

She also broke down in front of the camera and said, "No one even ask for evidence. If we are lying, we are ready for any punishment the country will give us."

Meanwhile, Bajrang Punia, while speaking about why wrestlers are protesting once again is that nothing has been done so far to resolve their issues and the wrestlers are here to save wrestling.

Top Indian wrestlers, including Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat, Ravi Dahiya, and Sakshi Malik, held a sit-in protest in Jantar Mantar in January this year, demanding that Brij Bhushan be removed from the head office and Wrestling Federation of India be disbanded. They had accused the body and its chief of sexual harassment and mistreatment of wrestlers.

"We have just one issue. The reason for the protest is that nothing has been done so far...We are here to save wrestling. We will sit at 4 pm and talk," said wrestler Bajrang Punia as he and several other wrestlers headed to Jantar Mantar.

Earlier, the wrestlers had protested against the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) in January this year.

Following the protest, in January, the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports announced the formation of an 'oversight committee' to probe allegations levelled against the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) and its chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and other coaches. The committee was given the task of submitting a report on the issue to the ministry.

Olympic medalist Mary Kom is heading the Oversight Committee. Former wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt, former shuttler Trupti Murgunde, SAI member Radhica Sreeman, ex-CEO of the Target Olympic Podium Plan Rajesh Rajagopalan, and CWG gold medalist Babita Phogat are the other members of the Mary Kom-led committee.

(With inputs from ANI)