Wrestlers Including Sakshi Malik, Vinesh Phogat Detained By Police Trying To March To New Parliament - In Pics

In what could bring about a forceful end to the wrestlers' protest at Jantar Mantar, the Delhi police on Sunday detained Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia for violation of law and order after they breached the security cordon while trying to move towards the new Parliament building for a planned women's 'Mahapanchayat'. Immediately after the wrestlers were pushed into buses and taken to different unknown locations, the police officers began clearing the protest site by removing the cots, mattresses, coolers, fans and the tarpaulin ceiling along with other belongings of the wrestlers. The police officials dragged and lifted them into buses along with several other wresters and their supporters. Here are some snapshots from the protest site.

Updated: 28 May 2023 3:18 pm

Wrestlers Protest | Photo: PTI/Kamal Singh

Security personnel detain wrestler Vinesh Phogat during wrestlers' protest march towards new Parliament building, in New Delhi.

Wrestler Sangeeta Phogat crosses a police barricade during wrestlers' protest march towards new Parliament building, in New Delhi.

Security personnel detain wrestler Sakshi Malik during wrestlers' protest march towards new Parliament building, in New Delhi.

Security personnel detain wrestler Vinesh Phogat during wrestlers' protest march towards new Parliament building, in New Delhi.

Security personnel detain wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Sangeeta Phogat during wrestlers' protest march towards new Parliament building, in New Delhi.

Wrestlers Protest | Photo: AP/Altaf Qadri

Sakshi Malik, in blue, an Indian wrestler who won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics, is detained by the police during a protest demonstration at Jantar Mantar, an area near the Indian parliament, in New Delhi.

Wrestlers Protest | Photo: AP/Shonal Ganguly

Wrestlers, from right, Bajrang Punia, Sangita Phogat and Vinesh Phogat talk to each other ahead of their protest march towards the newly inaugurated parliament, in New Delhi

Supporters of India's top female wrestlers shout slogans from a bus after they were detained by the police during a protest demonstration at Jantar Mantar, an area near the parliament building, in New Delhi.

An activist who had come to support protesting wrestlers shouts slogans as she is detained by the police while trying to join a march towards the newly inaugurated parliament, in New Delhi.