Court denies bail to Olympic wrestler Sushil Kumar in murder case

The wrestler is causing severe injuries to fellow wrestler in video, a Delhi court said

Olympics medal-winning wrestler Sushil Kumar was arrested on May 23 after he and his co-accused allegedly assaulted and killed fellow wrestler Dhankar in the parking lot of the city’s Chhatrasal Stadium. File

Noting that Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar was “prima facie visible” in a video and seems to be causing “severe injuries” to fellow wrestler Sagar Dhankar, a Delhi court dismissed his bail plea on Tuesday.

“As per the chargesheet, it was a daring and awful act of the accused persons for causing such brutal injuries to the victim without having any fear, and as per the chargesheet, they are having firearms a well as other weapons like sticks, etc.,” Additional Sessions Judge Shivaji Anand said, while dismissing the bail application .

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“Prime facie, the applicant/accused is visible in the video as reflected in the photographs taken out of the same video footage. He is clearly visible and seemed to be causing severe injuries,” the order further stated.

In his bail plea, Mr. Kumar, through his advocate Pradeep Rana, claimed that the police had built a false case and presented his “guilty image”.

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wrestler was arrested on May 23 after he and his co-accused allegedly assaulted and killed fellow wrestler Dhankar in the parking lot of the city’s Chhatrasal Stadium.