India wrestler Sushil Kumar and his affiliate Ajay have been despatched to 14 days of judicial custody final week after the 2-time Olympic medalist was in police custody after being arrested in reference to the murder of 23-year-old wrestler Sagar Rana in Delhi.
While a combat over property was established early in the investigation, it has come to mild that the feud between Sushil and Sagar wasn’t nearly property.
Notably, Police are but to discover the actual motive behind Sagar Rana’s murder however as per Sonu Mahal, who’s the key witness in the case and was the good friend of the deceased, Sushil wished to train a lesson to Sagar, who was difficult the adorned wrestler’s maintain at the Chhatrasal stadium.
In an unique interview with Zee News, Sonu narrated the entire incident, which happened on May 5 and led to the murder of Sagar Rana.
“I and Sagar were sitting in our rented room when 30 to 40 people, who were with Sushil, came to our room and took us downstairs on the gun point and forced us to sit in a car, in which Sushil was already present,” Sonu mentioned.
“Then they took us to the Chhatrasal Stadium and as quickly as we stepped out of the automotive at 11:30 pm, they began beating us. The group of 30-40 folks additionally consisted of some wrestlers and goons. Even few members from Neeraj Bawana Gang and Asoda Gang have been additionally a part of the group and a few of them additionally fired pictures nevertheless it didn’t damage anybody,” he added.
Sushil and Sagar couldn’t stand one another
As per Sonu, Sushil was jealous of Sagar as he was a promising budding wrestler and had already made identify for himself amongst younger wrestlers in Chhatrasal stadium. The points between the two wrestlers escalated when in 2020, Sagar managed to get himself a unique area for observe in the stadium by method and round 40 disciples of Sushil additionally left with Sagar to observe with him due to which Sushil felt insulted and wished to take revenge from the younger wrestler.
“We had vacated Sushil’s wife flat a long time ago, so that wasn’t the reason behind the brawl,” Sonu claimed.
“Sushil has always been indulged in hooliganism and vandalism. He is even in contact with numerous gangsters, including Bhatti and Lawrence Bishroi. Sushil was even friends with Kala Jethari, who is my cousin brother,” the eyewitness mentioned.
According to Sonu, Bhura, who’s an in depth aide of Sushil Kumar, drove the wrestler to the Haridwar ashram after Sagar’s murder.