Those who want medals, can buy them for ₹15: Bajrang Punia after Vinesh Phogat loses Olympic appeal
New Delhi: Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist Bajrang Punia took to social media on Wednesday to express his support for wrestler Vinesh Phogat after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) dismissed her appeal for a joint silver medal. Phogat was disqualified after missing the 50kg weight limit by 100 grams before her gold medal bout at the Games.
Punia praised Phogat, calling her the "Kohinoor of the country" and reaffirming her status as a national pride. “I believe your medal was snatched away in this darkness, You are shining like a diamond in the whole world today. The pride of world champion Hindustan Rustam-e-Hind Vinesh Phogat you are the Kohinoor of the country. The world is cheering your name everywhere,” he wrote on X (formerly called Twitter).
In his post, Punia also took a swipe at the former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh for his alleged comment that protesting wrestlers should return their prize money, as medals are "only worth 15 rupees." “Those who want medals, can buy them for Rs 15 each," Punia added.
Punia, along with Phogat and fellow Olympic medalist Sakshi Malik, led protests last year against Singh for alleged sexual harassment of female wrestlers during his tenure. Punia had earlier criticised Singh's purported remark, stating that the medal Singh demeaned by saying it was worth just 15 rupees had been "earned after 15 years of toil." Malik highlighted that they had sacrificed everything for it and added that it was a shame the country’s athletes were witnessing such dark days.
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Mother arrested for killing five-month-old child in Tripura
Agartala (PTI): Tripura Police has arrested a woman for allegedly killing her five-month-old child in Sepahijala district, officials said on Monday.
Initial investigation revealed that Suchitra Debbarma (28) killed her infant to pave the way for her plan to elope with a man she had been in a relationship with for a year.
After receiving information from Suchitra's neighbours, a police team headed by officer-in-charge of Sonamura police station Tapas Das went to their house at Rampadapara on Sunday.
"We found the baby lying on a bed while her mother was missing. We took the child to Sonamura sub-divisional hospital, where doctors declared the baby dead. Post-mortem will be conducted soon," he said.
According to Das, Suchitra was later arrested from the village.
"Prima facie, it appeared that Suchitra strangled her child to death when her husband, Amit Debbarma, went out for work at a rubber plantation. During interrogation, she admitted that she wanted to kill the baby and elope with another man with whom she had an extramarital affair," he said.
