Showing solidarity with the protesting wrestlers, former India midfielder Mehtab Hossain on Wednesday joined a protest march in Kolkata led by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The grapplers continue to demand the arrest of Wrestling Federation of India's (WFI) outgoing chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh for allegedly sexually harassing several women wrestlers, including a minor.

Unprecedented scenes of police dragging Olympic and World Championships medallists, including Sakshi Malik, Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia and Sangeeta Phogat, shocked one and all when the wrestlers and their supporters breached the security cordon during their march towards the new Parliament building for the planned women's 'Mahapanchayat' on Sunday.