Mahila Maha Panchayat: Wrestlers, farm leaders detained after scuffle with police

Security personnel stopped and detained protesting wrestlers as they tried to march towards the new Parliament building from their site of protest at Jantar Mantar on Sunday (May 28).

Security personnel stopped and detained protesting wrestlers as they tried to march towards the new Parliament building from their site of protest at Jantar Mantar on Sunday (May 28). Wrestlers wanted to hold a women's Maha Panchayat in front of the new Parliament.

The agitating wrestlers, led by Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat and Sakshi Malik, have demanded the arrest of Wrestling Federation of India president Brij Bhushan Singh who, they alleged, sexually harassed several women grapplers.

Thousands of police personnel have been deployed at Delhi borders, Lutyens' Delhi and multiple layers of barricades were put in place in view as protesting wrestlers marched towards the new Parliament building.