Sushil Kumar left the town as quickly as he bought to know in regards to the wrestler’s demise (File)
New Delhi:
The Delhi Police’s Crime Department will additional probe the case associated to the Chhatrasal Stadium brawl that led to the demise of a 23-year-old wrestler, officers mentioned on Sunday.
The event comes after Olympic medallist wrestler Sushil Kumar, 37, and his aide Ajay had been arrested in outer Delhi’s Mundka space.
The police mentioned the case, which is presently being investigated by the northwest district police, can be formally transferred to the Crime Department unit by Monday.
“We’ve been advised verbally that the case can be additional investigated by the staff of the Crime Department. However the case can be formally handed over to us newest by tomorrow (Monday),” a senior police official mentioned.
The case pertains to the Could 4 incident on the stadium through which wrestler Sagar Rana died and two of his pals, Sonu and Amit Kumar, had been injured after they had been allegedly assaulted by Sushil Kumar and different wrestlers.
Sushil Kumar left the town as quickly as he bought to know in regards to the wrestler’s demise, the police mentioned, including that a number of groups had been fashioned to hint him and his aide however he stored altering his location often.
A number of groups, together with the Crime Department and 4 groups of the Particular cell, performed raids in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana and Punjab, one other official mentioned.
The Delhi Police had introduced a reward of Rs one lakh for info resulting in the arrest of Sushil Kumar, who had since been on the run. One other reward of Rs 50,000 was introduced for Ajay Kumar”s arrest.
“On Sunday morning, we bought source-based enter that Sushil Kumar, alongside along with his affiliate, was on the best way to gather money from considered one of his pals in West Delhi when he was caught by a staff of particular cell from Mundka,” a police officer mentioned.
Metropolitan Justice of the Peace Divya Malhotra granted the police six-day custody of Sushil Kumar, who was bodily produced in courtroom.
Police are additionally probing the hyperlink between Sushil Kumar and alleged gangster Kala Jatheri, whose nephew Sonu was additionally injured within the brawl, and the precise motive behind the incident, the officers mentioned.
Earlier, a Delhi courtroom had refused to grant anticipatory bail to the two-time Olympic medallist, saying he was prima facie the principle conspirator and allegations towards him had been severe in nature.
