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  • Delhi police will also withdraw the FIRs filed against the wrestlers lodged on May 28: Sakshi Malik
  • Anurag Thakur held 5-hour-long meeting with protesting wrestlers

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Govt is ready to accept wrestlers' demand but action against Brijbhushan Sharan Singh will be only after the chargesheet

Wrestlers' protest: Govt sets June 15 deadline for chargesheet against Brijbhushan Singh

Sports Minister Anurag Thakur has ensured the protesting wrestlers that a chargesheet will be filed against BJP MP Brijbhushan Sharan Singh by June 15. The government asked them to not hold any protest rallies till police completes its probe into sexual harassment allegations against Former WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh by June 15.

The wrestlers, after a nearly five-hour meeting with Sports Minister Anurag Thakur, said the government has also assured them that the police will withdraw the FIRs filed against them.

The wrestlers were booked for violation of law and order on May 28 when they marched towards the new Parliament building without permission to hold 'Mahila Samman Mahapachayat'.

The meeting was attended by Olympic medallists Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik, her husband Satyawart Kadiyan and Jitender Kinha.

"We were told that police investigation will be complete by June 15. Till then, we have been asked to wait and suspend the protest," Sakshi Malik told reporters after the meeting.

"The Delhi police will also withdraw the FIRs filed against the wrestlers lodged on May 28," she added.

Both Malik and Punia asserted that their agitation was not yet over and they have suspended their protest only till June 15 as requested by the government.

Later addressing a press conference, Thakur said the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) elections be held by June 30.

The crucial meeting was called by Thakur to break the deadlock.

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