Rush Hour podcast: Protesting wrestlers will throw their medals in Ganga and start a hunger strike

In today’s edition, the Delhi High Court has denied bail to Manish Sisodia in the now-scrapped liquor policy case, the National Investigation Agency draws a parallel between Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik and Osama bin Laden, and top wrestlers have said that they will throw their Olympic and World Championship medals in the Ganga.

Scripted and hosted by Aena, produced and edited by Avinash Kumar.

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References

• ‘How can this happen in a democracy?’: As wrestlers are detained, barricades keep supporters away
• Interview: Manipur government complicit in offensive against Kukis, used radicalised Meitei groups
• The India Fix: From arrests to defections, it’s not easy being the Opposition in India today

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