New Delhi [India] : Indian World Championships and Commonwealth Games medalist Vinesh Phogat said on Thursday that the police have imposed section 144 at Rajghat in Delhi and stopped the wrestlers from holding a press conference.
India’s ace grappler, Vinesh Phogat, had announced that a press conference will be held by the wrestlers on Thursday. Vinesh took to Twitter, to announce that a press conference will be held at Delhi’s Raj Ghat at 12:30 pm. Along with Vinesh, Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik also took to Twitter, to announce the press conference.
“Hello everyone Tomorrow at 12:30 pm we are holding a press conference at Raj Ghat in Delhi. Jai Hind,” Vinesh wrote in her tweet.
Now, she has said that the police has imposed section 144 at the venue and press conference is not being allowed. She also said that the time and place of the next press conference will be finalised.
“The police have imposed section 144 at Rajghat and have stopped us from holding a press conference. Will finalize the time and place of the next press conference soon,” tweeted Vinesh.
Last month, Vinesh and Bajrang recieved an exemption from the ad hoc committee from the Asian Games, Hangzhou, trials which will begin on September 23. They recieved a lot of criticism from wrestlers and they broke their silence by doing a combined live session on Facebook and replying to the accusations that wrestler Antim Panghal made on their exemption from the trials for the Asian Games, Hangzhou.
