Olympian Sushil Kumar, main accused in junior wrestler's murder case, surrenders

Olympic medalist Sushil Kumar, who is embroiled in the murder case of junior wrestler Sagar Dhankar, has surrendered in Delhi's Tihar Jail. He is charged with murder and attempted murder of the junior athlete along with rioting, unlawful assembly, and criminal conspiracy.

Granted bail, Sushil Kumar was out between July 23 and July 30, when he underwent a knee operation too.

Sushil Kumar was named as the main accused in the Dhankar murder case after Delhi Police filed a 170-page chargesheet in court.

Kumar and his associates allegedly assaulted 23-year-old Sagar Dhankar, his friend Sonu and three others in a parking lot of Delhi's Chhatrasal Stadium on the intervening night of May 4, 2021, over a property dispute. Later, Sagar Dhankar succumbed to his injuries.

A probe established the brawl was due to Sagar and his friend's initial reluctance in vacating Kumar's flat and "murmurs" in the stadium that Kumar was scared of the duo.

Delhi Police arrested the two-time Olympic medalist in May 2021 from the Mundika area.

According to police, the deceased wrestler used to earlier live in an apartment in Delhi's Model Town, owned by Sushil Kumar. This led to a dispute between the ace and the budding wrestler.

In November 2022, a Delhi Court granted interim bail to Sushil Kumar for eight days.