Wrestler Antim Panghal Breaks Silence On Reports Of Her, Sister's Arrest In Paris

Indian wrestler Antim Panghal refuted the rumours of her and her sister's arrest in Paris. After Antim's 0-10 loss against Turkey's Yetgil Zeynep, it was reported that she tried to sneak her sister into the Olympic Games village using her accreditation card but was detained by the French police. However, Antim has now revealed that no such thing happened. While it is true that her sister was taken to the police station, Antim said that it only happened as the police wanted to verify her true identity.

In a video shared by NNIS Sports, Antim revealed that it was she who went to her sister's hotel after falling sick. Since she had forgotten some of her stuff at the Games village, she asked her sister Nisha to get the things from the village, which is when the entire trouble started.

"It wasn't my day yesterday, as I lost my bout. But, since I've lost, talks are going on that my sister has been arrested by the police, or I've been arrested by the police, nothing of that sort has happened," Antim said in a video on Thursday.

"When I lost my bout yesterday, I got a fever. My sister, who has been living in a hotel, wanted to take me there. I had taken permission from my coaches to go with her, as I wasn't feeling well.

"They gave me permission and I came to the hotel. When I came here, I needed some of my stuff which was still in the Olympic Village. As I was unwell, I slept. My sister took my accreditation card and went to the village. She asked the authorities there if she was allowed to get my stuff from the village. The authorities took away the accreditation card from her and took her to the police station for verification. This was the only reason she was taken to the police station. I wasn't taken to the police