The image, modified by a software, was shared with the claim that the wrestlers are not serious about their protest against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.
Olympic medallist Bajrang Punia on Sunday accused the “IT [Information Technology] cell people” of circulating a morphed picture of protesting wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Sangeeta Phogat.
Several of India’s top wrestlers were detained by the police on Sunday while they were trying to march to the new Parliament building in New Delhi, demanding the arrest of their federation chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over sexual harassment allegations.
The athletes have been protesting in Jantar Mantar for more than a month over the lack of action against Singh, who is also a Bharatiya Janata Party MP.
On Sunday, the fake image circulated on social media by users sympathetic to the BJP showed Vinesh Phogat and Sangeeta Phogat smiling after they were hauled away in a bus by police officials.
