The Delhi Police have filed cases against protesting wrestlers, accusing them of rioting, hours after visuals of its personnel manhandling the champions in the national capital shocked the country. The wrestlers have been accused of rioting, unlawful assembly and obstructing public servants in their duty.
The case was filed hours after the protesters were detained by the Delhi Police as they attempted a protest march. Chaos had unfolded less than two kilometres from the new parliament, as it was being inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Videos from the spot showed the champions being shoved, pushed, pinned down to the ground and dragged into buses — triggering outrage across the country.
