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3 May 2023

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BJP — Delhi Police

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Police, Delhi

Late on 3 May a scuffle broke out at Jantar Mantar after police stopped protesters from bringing folding beds into the site after rain. Wrestlers alleged that policemen pushed, hit and abused them and that one officer was drunk; The Times of India reported that Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat were injured and that wrestler Dushyant Phogat was taken to hospital with a cut on his forehead. DCP Pranav Tayal said AAP MLA Somnath Bharti had brought the beds and was not allowed in, that some police personnel and wrestlers were injured, and that action would be taken against the policeman alleged to be drunk. Delhi Police denied that its officers assaulted the protesters. Police detained Bharti and two others and barricaded the site. [2][3][1]

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