Taking exception to the use of force against female wrestlers in New Delhi and failure to put the accused behind bars, the Karnataka Mahila Dourjanya Virodhi Okkoota has urged the President of India to intervene in the issue and safeguard the interests of the protesting female wrestlers.
Led by social activist Sharada Dabade, the members of the Okkoota submitted a memorandum addressed to the President at the Deputy Commissioner’s office in Dharwad on Friday.
The members said that the female wrestlers, including Olympic medallists, along with others had been protesting for long seeking arrest of the president of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. Mr. Singh is facing charges of sexually harassing women wrestlers, including a minor.
