During the protest today (January 18) at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, which is at a stone’s throw distance from the WFI office, the country’s elite women wrestlers also alleged that several female wrestlers have suffered sexual harassment at the hands of WFI officials during the national camps.
Olympic bronze medalist Bajrang Punia and Olympian Sonam Malik from Haryana were among others to protest against the WFI.
Vinod Tomar, assistant secretary of the WFI, denied the allegations of sexual harassment.
An issue of protest by elite wrestlers could also be mandatory national selection trials for international competitions, one WFI official told Sportskeeda.
The protest comes ahead of the February 1 to 5 World Ranking Series in Croatia. The season’s first Ranking Series in Zagreb will be conducted in the Freestyle and Greco Roman event.
The protesting wrestlers even plan to approach the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and the Home Minister if the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) isn’t able to sort out issues in the coming days.
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