In the death of a 23-year-old wrestler at a stadium in Delhi, police were on the lookout for Sushil Kumar for his alleged involvement in the case.
On the run for alleged involvement in the murder of a fellow wrestler, wrestler Sushil Kumar, India’s two-time Olympic medallist winner, was arrested by the Delhi Police this morning.
Police officials said Sushil Kumar was arrested along with a co-accused from northwest Delhi’s Mundka.
In the death of a 23-year-old wrestler at a stadium in Delhi, police were on the lookout for Sushil Kumar for his alleged involvement in the case.
Neeraj Thakur, Special CP-Special Cell, said: “A team of Special Cell SR led by Inspector Shivkumar, Inspector Karambir and supervised by ACP Attar Singh has arrested Sushil Kumar and Ajay from Mundka area of Delhi in connection with the killing of 23-year-old Sagar Rana at Chhatrasal Stadium.”
On May 4, at the national capital’s Chhatrasal Stadium, Sushil Kumar and his associates assaulted fellow wrestler Sagar Rana, 23, and his two friends, as per police. All three had to be hospitalised. Mr Rana later died of his injuries.
A reward of ₹ one lakh for information leading to the arrest of Sushil Kumar was announced by the Delhi police. The wrestler had been on the run since then.
Another reward of ₹ 50,000 was announced for Ajay Kumar’s arrest.
To arrest the champion wrestler, police have been raiding several places in Delhi and its surrounding cities, and neighbouring states.
Sushil Kumar, on May 18, claiming that the probe against him was biased and that no injuries caused to the victim were attributable to him, had approached the Rohini court seeking protection from arrest. However, the court refused to entertain his anticipatory bail plea, saying he was prima facie the main conspirator and allegations against him were serious in nature.
Non-bailable warrants were issued against him and six others. This came days after a lookout notice was issued against the wrestler.
Sushil Kumar won a bronze medal in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and a silver medal in the 2012 London Olympics.
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