Late-night chaos at Jantar Mantar as protesting wrestlers claim police manhandled them

 Vinesh said that her brother had been abused by an intoxicated police officer. She alleged that Sangeeta Phogat and her were shoved by a different police officer.

The top wrestlers from India said that the police had mistreated and assaulted them, which caused commotion at Jantar Mantar late on Wednesday night. The wrestlers' attempt to carry bedding to the protest location appears to have been the catalyst for the most recent altercation.

Sakshi Malik, the bronze medalist from the Rio Olympics, broke down in tears over the dispute with the police, and Vinesh Phogat was captured in a video from the scene shouting with the officials.

Vinesh alleged that a drunk policeman had assaulted her brother. She claimed that another police officer had shoved her and Sangeeta Phogat.

“Since it rained today, the streets are wet. That’s why we were trying to get a bed to the protest site. They’re abusing us. This is how they respect daughters,” Tokyo Olympics medallist Bajrang Punia told journalists.

A senior police officer said, “There were a few men who tried bringing cots to the protest site. When policemen asked them about it, they got aggressive and the protesters joined them. They wrongfully restrained a policeman and accused him of being drunk. This is not true. Other officers are at the site and the situation is now under control. No protester was beaten up.”

AAP minister Saurabh Bharadwaj, meanwhile, tagged L-G VK Saxena in a tweet, asking him to take note of a purported video of an argument between the protesters and the police.