Priors
Wrestlers' protest at Jantar Mantar, 2023

FIR

28 May 2023

In power
BJP — Delhi Police
Acted
Police, Delhi
Under
IPC sections 147, 149, 186, 188, 332 and 353 and Section 3 of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, as reported by The Tribune; PTI also lists IPC section 352. The Indian Express, citing police sources before the FIR was lodged, listed IPC sections 147, 148, 149, 352, 353 and 186.

Delhi Police registered an FIR at Barakhamba police station against the organisers of the protest, including Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik and Vinesh Phogat, and their supporters, on charges including rioting, unlawful assembly and obstructing and assaulting public servants. Reports list the sections differently (see legal basis). On 7 June the wrestlers said the government had agreed to withdraw these FIRs. [4][3][5][2][1][6]

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The same action under other governments

For each party in power, its most recent fir in another entry. Chosen by this rule, not by hand.

  1. 2022Protests against the Agnipath military recruitment scheme, June 2022In power: JD(U) — Bihar; BJP — Uttar Pradesh, Haryana; BRS — Telangana
  2. 2016Jat reservation agitation in Haryana, February 2016In power: BJP — Haryana

Sources

  1. 1Farmer leader Naresh Tikait stops wrestlers from immersing their medals in GangaScroll, 30 May 2023T5 SecondaryArchived 30 May 2023
  2. 2'Dictatorship': Protesting Indian wrestlers charged with riotingAl Jazeera, 28 May 2023T5 SecondaryArchived 28 May 2023
  3. 3Delhi Police detain wrestlers, clear Jantar MantarThe Indian Express, Jignasa Sinha, Nihal Koshie, 28 May 2023T4 ReportArchived 29 May 2023
  4. 4Protesting wrestlers detained, Jantar Mantar stir site clearedThe Tribune, Vinayak Padmadeo, 29 May 2023T4 ReportArchived 29 May 2023
  5. 5Wrestlers' protest | FIR against organisers, others on charges of rioting, obstructing public servantPTI via The Hindu, 28 May 2023T5 SecondaryArchived 28 May 2023
  6. 6Wrestlers-Govt logjam breaks: protest on pause, police chargesheet by June 15The Indian Express, Mihir Vasavda, Andrew Amsan, 7 Jun 2023T4 ReportArchived 7 Jun 2023