Will Take Legal Action: Bajrang Punia On Morphed Image Of Smiling Vinesh Phogat

Bajrang Punia, one of the top wrestlers protesting against Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, has lashed out at IT cell people after a morphed photo of Sangeeta Phogat and Vinesh Phogat, showing them smiling while being detained by the police, surfaced on Twitter.

Protesting wrestlers were detained on Sunday after a scuffle with security personnel who tried to stop them from marching to the new Parliament building as it was being inaugurated.

Taking to Twitter, Bajrang Punia posted two photos - one morphed and the other genuine. The genuine one doesn't show Sangeeta Phogat and Vinesh Phogat smiling.

However, the morphed image shows them smiling, indicating they are not serious about their protest.

"IT cell people are spreading this false picture. We make it clear that a complaint will be filed against whoever posted this fake picture," Bajrang Punia tweeted.

The wrestlers, who had resumed their agitation against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on April 23 demanding his arrest for alleged sexual harassment of several women grapplers, had called for a women 'Mahapanchayat' on Sunday. However, the Delhi police had denied permission for the meet.

Chaotic scenes were witnessed at the dharna site at Jantar Mantar as protesters and police personnel pushed each other when the Phogat sisters, Sakshi Malik and others tried to breach the barricades.

Immediately after the wrestlers and other protesters were pushed into buses and taken to different locations, the police personnel began clearing the protest site by removing cots, mattresses, coolers, fans, and the tarpaulin ceiling along with other belongings of the wrestlers.

Taking to Twitter, Olympic medallist Sakshi Malik, however, vowed to continue their protest at Jantar Mantar.

"Our movement is not over.... we will start our satyagraha at Jantar Mantar. In this country, there will be no dictatorship but there will be satyagraha held by women wrestlers," she tweeted in Hindi.

Women detainees were released later in the evening.

However, Opposition parties hit out at the central government over the alleged manhandling of wrestlers.