Delhi police have filed a 170-page charge sheet today in connection with the murder of wrestler Sagar Dhankhar and named Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar as the main accused.
Former junior national wrestling champion Sagar Dhankhar was murdered inside Delhi’s Chhatrasal Stadium on May 5. The special cell of Delhi Police arrested 12 people, including two-time Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar and his aide Ajay Kumar Sehrawat, in connection with Dhankhar’s murder.
An official report stated that Sushil Kumar is currently lodged in Delhi’s Tihar jail. Police are charging Kumar under various sections of the IPC related to murder, abduction and criminal conspiracy.
The Olympic wrestler and a few of his accomplices allegedly assaulted Dhankhar and two others over a property dispute inside the Chhatrasal Stadium on May 4, leading to the death of the junior wrestler. The other two survived with injuries.
Police further informed the press that the ace wrestler allegedly kidnapped Dhankhar from his Model Town apartment in Delhi and brought him to Chhatrasal Stadium where he assaulted them. Police also claimed to be in possession of a video recording that shows Sushil Kumar beating up the junior wrestler.
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