Non-bailable warrant issued against wrestler Sushil Kumar in Chhatrasal Stadium murder case
A Delhi court in Rohini reserves order on the anticipatory bail plea move by wrestler Sushil Kumar in the Chhatrasal stadium murder case involving the death of 23-year-old wrestler Sagar Rana. The court said it will pronounce the order during the course of the day. A non-bailable warrant has been issued by a Delhi Court against the wrestler and others involved in the case of the murder of 23-year-old Sagar Rana at the Chhatrasal Stadium. On Monday, Delhi Police had announced a reward of Rs 1 lakh for Sushil and Rs 50,000 for co-accused Ajay. Just a day after the announcement, the wrestler has made the move looking fo ran anticipatory bail.
The non-bailable warrant was issued days after a lookout notice was issued against Sushil in the same case. The lookout notice was issued by Delhi Police on May 10, four days after the wrestler and his aides went untraceable.
A 23-year-old former junior national champion was beaten to death after clashes between two groups late on May 4.
According to the IE report, Guriqbal Singh Sidhu added said that a quarrel had allegedly taken place between Sushil Kumar, Ajay, Prince, Sonu, Sagar, Amit, and others in the parking area of the stadium
The incident has come at a time when Indian wrestling is celebrating its highest number of quotas, eight, for the Tokyo Olympics, slated to get underway in July. There are reports that wrestlers are looking to leave the Chhatrasal Stadium after the incident allegedly involving one of the icons of Indian sport.
Wrestling Federation of India Assistant Secretary Vinod Tomar had told the Press Trust of India that the image of Indian wrestling has taken a hit due to the incident but stressed that the governing body is not mulling to remove the star wrestler from the contracts list.
Sushil was handed an A grade contract in December 2018 along with four others for annual financial support of Rs 30 lakh. However, he has not participated in any international event since his first-round defeat in the 2019 World Championship in Nur Sultan.
