'Not satisfactory response': Protesting wrestlers after meeting Anurag Thakur

However, the protesters said they weren't satisfied after talks with the government and "won't wrestle another day" till their demands are met.

"We have not got a satisfactory response; only assurances, no concrete action. We will not quit till the federation chief is removed, and he goes to jail. We have 5-6 girls with proof. If the government does not act, we will go to the police," top wrestlers Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik said.

At a news conference before wrapping up the second day of their sit-in at Delhi's Jantar Mantar with around 200 others, the three wrestlers - among India's most decorated wrestlers - said, "We did not want to take the legal route  as we had faith in the Prime Minister."

The announcement came following their talks at the Sports Ministry brokered by Olympian Babita Phogat, a member of the BJP and part of the Haryana government. "I'm a wrestler first. The BJP government is with the wrestlers. I have heard instances of abuse in my career as well. There is no smoke without fire," Babita Phogat said.

The country's sports ministry has already asked the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) to respond to the allegations within 72 hours.

Meanwhile, WFI President Brij Bhushan Charan Singh has rejected the allegations, saying that if any wrestler can prove the charges against him he will hang himself.

He has also called Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur to clarify the allegations.

Babita Phogat, who is a BJP MP and a part of the Haryana government, said she is a wrestler first.

She assured the players that the BJP government is with the wrestlers and being a part of the government, it is her duty to mediate.

Phogat said she has heard of some incidents of abuse in her career and maintained “there is no smoke without fire.

The protesting voices are important and must be heard, she stressed.

Vinesh Phogat, the first Indian woman wrestler to win gold in both Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games, on Wednesday made these serious allegations against the WFI and its president Brijbhushan Sharan Singh.

Holding a massive protest at Delhi's Jantar Mantar, Phogat alleged that "national coaches molested female wrestlers over the years and were given death threats by WFI officials."

She was joined by some top athletes too in her protest. The wrestlers called for the removal of the WFI president from the post.

"We will not compete in any international competition until WFI President is removed," said Bajrang Punia, Olympic bronze medallist wrestler.

Singh has been at the helm of the WFI since 2011. He was elected President of WFI for the third consecutive time in February 2019.