A Delhi courtroom on Saturday prolonged by 4 days the police custody of Olympic medallist wrestler Sushil Kumar, arrested in reference to the homicide of a 23-year-old wrestler on the Chhatrasal Stadium right here. The courtroom had earlier despatched the accused to 6 days’ police custody for interrogation.
Sushil Kumar was produced earlier than the courtroom on Saturday on the finish of the remand interval. “In the curiosity of justice, I deem it acceptable to permit the applying of the police for 4 days solely,” Metropolitan Magistrate Mayank Goel said.
The police had sought Sushil Kumar’s custody for seven days. Sushil Kumar and his associates allegedly assaulted wrestler Sagar Dhankar and two of his friends Sonu and Amit Kumar on the intervening night of May 4 and 5. Sagar succumbed to the injuries later. The international wrestler was arrested, along with co-accused Ajay Kumar, on May 23 from outer Delhi’s Mundka area. He was evading arrest and had been on the run for nearly three weeks.
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