“Sushil wanted to re-establish his supremacy in the stadium through muscle power by teaching a lesson to Sagar and Sonu”
Olympic medallist wrestler Sushil Kumar and his associates, on the intervening night of May 4 and 5, are reported to have assaulted 23-year-old former junior national wrestling champion Sagar Dhankar and his friends Sonu and Amit Kumar at Chhatrasal Stadium in New Delhi.
Sagar succumbed to the injuries later. Kumar, it is said, wanted to re-establish his supremacy among younger wrestlers. It is also rumoured that he was scared of the two tenants living in a house he owned and felt he suffered a loss of respect in the eyes of his students.
Sources said he wanted to re-establish his supremacy in the stadium through muscle power by teaching a lesson to Sagar and Sonu. Notorious criminal Kala Jathedi, wanted in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh for multiple extortion cases, murders, arms act, attempt to murder and others carrying a cash reward of Rs 7 lakh, was arrested by the Delhi Police. He has told the police that Kumar’s ego was hurt as Sagar and Sonu refused to vacate his flat.
Kumar, who is facing charges of murder, culpable homicide and kidnapping, was shifted to Tihar jail number 2 from Mandoli jail where he was lodged earlier.
Delhi Police on Monday (August 2) filed a charge sheet against Sushil Kumar and 19 others in this connection. The final report naming Kumar as the main accused has been filed before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Satvir Singh Lamba. Fifteen accused have been arrested in the case so far, while five are on the run. Kumar, who is facing charges of murder, culpable homicide and kidnapping, was shifted to Tihar jail number 2 from Mandoli jail where he was lodged earlier.
“The present incident is the result of a criminal conspiracy hatched by accused Sushil Kumar along with his associates to take revenge from Sonu and Sagar,” the police said in its over 1,000-page charge sheet filed on Monday.
“When he realised that some of his own trainees were passing information about him to Sonu and Sagar, he felt betrayed and thus nursed a deep grudge against Sonu and Sagar for loss of respect in the eyes of his students,” the charge sheet further stated.
The charge sheet mentions the names of 155 prosecution witnesses, including four persons who were injured during the brawl. The Delhi Police is seeking their prosecution under 22 offences of the Indian Penal Code.