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    Sakshi Malik disputes allegations that she has withdrawn from the wrestlers' protest

    Sakshi has already stated that she had withdrawn from the wrestlers' protest. Sakshi Malik stated in a tweet that she has not left the protest and has returned to her government work. The clarification has been incorporated into the story.

    Digital
    Desk:
    Sakshi Malik disputed allegations that she had
    withdrawn from the wrestlers' protest on Monday. It was previously claimed that
    she had returned to her employment at Northern Railway.



    color:black">Correction: Sakshi has already stated that she had withdrawn from
    the wrestlers' protest. Sakshi Malik stated in a tweet that she has not left
    the protest and has returned to her government work. The clarification has been
    incorporated into the story.



    A meeting was held late on
    Saturday at the residence of Home Minister Amit Shah and protesting wrestlers
    in Delhi, which lasted until late that night, as the wrestlers raised their
    demand for the arrest of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij
    Bhushan.



    Satyawrat Kadian, the husband of top wrestler Sakshi Malik,
    claimed Saturday's meeting with Home Minister Amit Shah was inconclusive since
    the wrestlers "did not get the reaction they wanted from the Home
    Minister."



    The discussion with the home minister came only days after the
    protesting wrestlers attempted to immerse their medals in the Ganga in
    Haridwar, but were prevented by farmers' activist Naresh Tikait. Their release
    was followed by a demand to the government that BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan
    Singh be arrested before June 9.



    Wrestlers have been protesting Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, saying
    that he sexually abused female wrestlers, including a juvenile.
    Brij Bhushan has so far faced two FIRs, and he
    has been charged under the Pocso Act.