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Hindol Basu | TNN

Wrestlers allege death threats, monetary bait to backtrack against Brij Bhushan

Protest gets political colour as Bhupinder Hooda, Brinda Karat join the wrestlers

NEW DELHI: After the Supreme Court issued a notice to the Delhi Police on a writ petition by seven female wrestlers seeking the registration of an FIR against sidelined Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the wrestlers, who are staging a sit-in protest at the Jantar Mantar here, have now alleged that the seven complainants are getting "death threats" as well as being "lured with money" at the behest of Brij Bhushan.

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