Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar held in Chhatrasal murder case
Two-time Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar was arrested on Sunday, along with another person, in connection with the Chhatrasal Stadium brawl case that led to the death of a wrestler here, officials said.
Kumar (38) and his associate Ajay, alias Sunil, (48) were arrested from Mundka, deputy commissioner of police (special cell) PS Kushwah said.
The case relates to the May 4 incident at the stadium in which wrestler Sagar Rana
died and two of his friends,
Sonu and Amit Kumar, were injured after they were allegedly assaulted by Sushil Kumar and other wrestlers.
The Delhi Police filed an FIR in the case under sections 302 (murder), 308 (culpable homicide) and 365 (kidnapping) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) among others.
The Delhi Police had announced a reward of ₹one lakh for information leading to the arrest of Sushil Kumar, who was since on the run. NEW DELHI: