The Olympic medalist Sushil Kumar obtained a deposit in the case of murder of the Chhatrasal stadium. The wrestler had been in prison since his arrest in 2021 for the death of his colleague wrestler Sagar Dhankar after a fight at the stadium.
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The High Court of Delhi on Tuesday awarded a deposit to the Olympic wrestler Sushil Kumar in the case linked to the murder of the former national junior junior champion Sagar Dhankar at the Chhatrasal stadium in the national capital.
Judge Sanjeev Narula granted the relief to Kumar and ordered him to provide a personal link of 50,000 rupees with two sureties.
Sushil Kumar goes to prison after 2021
Kumar and others were accused of having allegedly assaulted Dhankar and his friends in May 2021 for an alleged property dispute.
According to the post mortem report, Dhankar has undergone brain damage thanks to the impact of a bruising object.
Lawyer RK Malik, Kumar representative, said the wrestler has been in prison in the past three and a half years and that the accusation has cited 200 witnesses when only 31 have been examined so far.
While the accusation opposed the advocacy, Malik argued that the trial would take a long time to conclude and that Kumar had to be given to the reason for delay.
Sushil won money and bronze at the Olympic Games.
