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Indian Express
5 days ago
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- Indian Express
The Sushil Kumar timeline: From Olympic double to murder case involvement – tracing former wrestling world champion's rise and fall
Former wrestling world champion Sushil Kumar suffered a massive setback on Wednesday as the Supreme Court cancelled the bail granted to him as he faces trial in the 2021 murder of wrestler Sagar Dhankhar in Delhi's Chhatrasal Stadium. A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and P K Mishra gave Kumar a week to surrender, after Kumar had been granted bail earlier this year after spending three-and-a-half years in jail. Hailing from Baprola, Delhi, the 42-year-old Kumar's story is replete of dizzying highs and treacherous nadirs that has tarnished his sporting legacy. Here is a look at the timeline of Sushil Kumar's journey from the akharas of the Chhatrasal Stadium to his Olympic glory and a murder case that has blemished his career achievements. 1997: A 14-year-old Sushil Kumar joins the Chhatrasal Stadium's akhara, which was started in 1988 by his former coach, now father-in-law, Satpal Singh. 2003: Sushil participated in the Asian Wrestling Championship held in New Delhi, clinching the bronze medal in 60kg freestyle category. In the same year he won a gold medal in the freestyle category at the Commonwealth Wrestling Championships in London. 2005: Kumar featured in the Commonwealth Wrestling Championship in Cape Town and won the gold medal in 66kg freestyle category and bronze in the 66kg Greco-Roman category. 2006: Won gold in the 2007 Commonwealth Wrestling Championship in London in 66kg freestyle category. Received the Arjuna Award. 2008:Wins his first Olympic medal, bagging bronze in the 66kg freestyle category. 2010: At the World Wrestling Championships held in Moscow, Kumar created history by becoming the first Indian to win a world wrestling title. Won the gold medal in the 66kg freestyle category in the Commonwealth Games held in Delhi. 2012: At the London Olympics, Sushil Kumar created history, winning the silver medal in the 66kg freestyle category. He became the first man to win multiple individual Olympic medals for independent India. 2014: Won the gold medal in the 74 kg freestyle category at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games. 2018: Wins third consecutive Commonwealth gold in Gold Coast, Australia. May 4, 2021: Susbil Kumar and several others were accused of fatally assaulting Dhankar during a property dispute. The attack, which also left two of Dhankar's friends injured, caused Dhankar to suffer cerebral damage from a blunt object, according to the postmortem report. May 23, 2021: Following the incident, a massive manhunt for the Olympian was launched. He managed to evade arrest for 18 days by traveling through Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Haryana. Delhi Police eventually captured him in the Mundka area of the city. Kumar was apprehended while traveling on a borrowed scooter to collect cash from a national-level athlete. October 2022: A Delhi trial court formally charged Kumar and 17 others with several crimes under the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including murder, rioting, criminal conspiracy, kidnapping, and robbery. They were also charged with offenses under the Arms Act. March 2025: Following three-and-a-half years in jail, Kumar granted by Delhi High Court. July 2025: Resumes duty in Northern Railway. August 2025: Supreme Court bench sets aside bail granted by Delhi HC, gives Kumar one week to surrender.
Time of India
24-06-2025
- Sport
- Time of India
Kolhapur's Rohini, SSCB's Prathamesh to lead Indian challenge
Nagpur: Kolhapur's Rohini Khanu Devba and Prathamesh Patil of the Services Sports Control Board (SSCB) will lead the Indian challenge in the U-15 Asian Wrestling Championship, scheduled to be played in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, from July 5-13. While Rohini is the reigning Asian Championship gold medallist, Prathamesh won silver in the freestyle competition last year in Thailand. Both will compete in higher weight categories in Kyrgyzstan. In the U-15 national wrestling championship, played in the freestyle and Greco-Roman categories in Nagpur, both Rohini and Prathamesh registered victories in contrasting fashion to once again earn the right to represent India in the international championship. The champion grapplers in the 30 weight categories of the nationals will form the 30-member Indian contingent for the Asian Championship. You Can Also Check: Nagpur AQI | Weather in Nagpur | Bank Holidays in Nagpur | Public Holidays in Nagpur While the grapplers from Haryana dominated the Nagpur nationals by winning as many as 10 gold medals, six Uttar Pradesh and five Maharashtra wrestlers found place in the Indian team. Overall, Haryana won the general championship in all three categories, with Maharashtra finishing second on points. India's most experienced grappler, Rohini, who won all the bouts she played in the nationals without conceding a point, is confident of winning yet another gold medal in the Asian Championship. Speaking with TOI, Rohini said, "Since winning my first international gold medal in Thailand last year, I continued to work hard and am happy to dominate the nationals in Nagpur. I am confident of winning a gold medal in Kyrgyzstan as I wish to become the youngest Indian to win a medal in the Olympics. " In Thailand last year, Rohini, competing in the 33kg weight category, clinched the gold medal by conceding just two points. Of the four matches she wrestled, Rohini garnered 29 points, giving away just two in the final, which she won 13-2. Prathamesh, however, just managed to clinch the India berth. In the 52kg nationals final, Prathamesh escaped to post victory over Maharashtra's Shrikant Sawant. With Prathamesh scoring the last point, he was declared the winner after both were tied at 5-5. Olympian Ravinder Khatri, who represented India in the 2016 Games, was in the city as a coach for some Maharashtra grapplers. "I wish to fulfil my dream of winning an Olympic medal. Though I missed that in 2016, my aim is to train youngsters and make them champion grapplers, and through them, I will achieve my dream of an Olympic gold medal for India," Khatri told TOI. In the nationals, Khatri's ward Dinesh Malpote, a farmer's son from a small town near Pune, won the 57kg gold medal and qualified to represent India. President of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) Sanjay Kumar Singh said, "Indian youngsters have been giving consistent results in international competitions. Looking at the competition here, we are sure India will do well in Kyrgyzstan." INDIAN CONTINGENT Freestyle (Boys): 38kg Jatin Phougat, 41kg Vansh Ahlawat (both Haryana), 44kg Aryank (UP), 48kg Harshvardhan Mali (Mah), 52kg Prathamesh Patil (SSCB), 57kg: Dinesh Malpote (Mah), 62kg Rohit Mann (Delhi), 68kg Sachin Dhankhar (Haryana), 75kg Love Gulia (Chd), 85kg Kartik Kumar (UP). Freestyle (Girls):33kg Jiya Narendar (Har), 36kg Rohini Khanu Devba (Mah), 39kg Diksha Dalal (Har), 42kg Gayatri Shinde (Mah), 46kg Vaishnavi Torve (Mah), 50kg Sakshi Pal (UP), 54kg Simran Kumar (Har), 58kg Sukhman Singh (MP), 62kg Ankita Kushavha (UP), 66kg Puravi Sharma (Pun). Greco-Roman (Boys): 68kg Shubham Surajprakash, 41kg Monu Kumar (both Haryana), 44kg Shlok Prajapati (MP), 48kg Abhishek Pal (Delhi), 52kg Shivanand Yadav (UP), 57kg Happy Singh (Haryana), 62kg Taimmeshi GM (Ktk), 66kg Parnam Singh (Pun), 75kg Depender D (Har), 85kg Suraj Sharma (UP).
India Gazette
21-06-2025
- Sport
- India Gazette
India creates history at U-23 Senior Asian Wrestling Championship; Freestyle team clinches Champion Trophy
New Delhi [India] June 22 (ANI): After the spectacular performance by the Indian Women's Wrestling Team, which secured the Champion Trophy, the Indian Men's Freestyle Wrestling Team has now created history by winning 6 Gold Medals and 1 Silver Medal, and clinching the Champion Trophy at the U-23 Senior Asian Wrestling Championship 2025 held at Vung Tau (Vietnam), according to a release from WFI. This is India's best-ever performance in the Freestyle category at any Asian Wrestling Championship. Gold Medal Winners61 kg - Nikhil65 kg - Sujeet74 kg - Jaideep79 kg - Chander Mohan92 kg - Sachin97 kg - Vicky Silver Medal Winner125 kg - Jaspooran Singh The Indian Freestyle team's domination on the mat marks a historic milestone, showcasing the nation's growing strength in international wrestling. The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) acknowledges the continued support and guidance of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India, the Sports Authority of India (SAI), and the entire wrestling fraternity in achieving this landmark success. (ANI)
Time of India
02-06-2025
- Time of India
Jagdish Bhola, convict in Rs 700 crore drug racket, walks out of prison after 12 years
Punjab and Haryana high court had on May 21 granted bail to former Punjab Police DSP Jagdish Bhola. He was asked to furnish a bail bond of Rs 5 lakh and two sureties BATHINDA: Twelve years after he was arrested in a multi-crore drug racket, Arjuna Award-winning wrestler and former Punjab Police DSP Jagdish Bhola finally walked out of jail on Sunday. A bench of the Punjab and Haryana high court had granted him bail on May 21, with various conditions, including a bail bond of Rs 5 lakh and two sureties. Bhola had won a silver medal in the Asian Wrestling Championship in 1991 and appeared in the Punjabi movie Rustam-e-Hind in 2008. A deputy superintendent of police (DSP), Bhola was dismissed from Punjab Police in 2012. He was arrested in Nov 2013 in connection with a Rs 700-crore drug racket. Bhola was in jail for nearly 12 years. He has been convicted twice — in 2019 and 2024. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) named him an accused in the multi-crore synthetic narcotics racket after an investigation into money laundering was initiated under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act in 2013. In Feb 2019, Bhola was convicted and sentenced to 24 years in jail by a special CBI court in Mohali in the Rs 700-crore drug racket busted Punjab Police in 2013. Punjab Police had seized heroin, methamphetamine, pseudoephedrine, ephedrine, opium, intoxicating powder, and Rs 1.91 crore, besides some foreign currency and arms from him. In the second conviction, Bhola was sentenced to 10 years in jail in a drug-linked money laundering case of Mohali in July 2024. Earlier, the disgraced cop and wrestler was allowed to visit his native village, Raike Kalan in Bathinda district, for five hours to perform the last rites of his father, Balshinder Singh, on Jul 26, 2024. Before this, he had come out to perform the last rites of his mother for a brief period in Jun 2023.
Time of India
01-06-2025
- Time of India
Jagdish Bhola, convict in Rs 700cr drug racket, walks out of prison after 12 years
Bathinda: Twelve years after he was arrested in a multi-crore drug racket, Arjuna Award-winning wrestler and former Punjab Police DSP Jagdish Bhola finally walked out of jail on Sunday. A bench of the Punjab and Haryana high court had granted him bail on May 21, with various conditions, including a bail bond of Rs 5 lakh and two sureties. Bhola had won a silver medal in the Asian Wrestling Championship in 1991 and appeared in the Punjabi movie Rustam-e-Hind in 2008. A deputy superintendent of police (DSP), Bhola was dismissed from Punjab Police in 2012. He was arrested in Nov 2013 in connection with a Rs 700-crore drug racket. Bhola was in jail for nearly 12 years. He has been convicted twice — in 2019 and 2024. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) named him an accused in the multi-crore synthetic narcotics racket after an investigation into money laundering was initiated under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act in 2013. In Feb 2019, Bhola was convicted and sentenced to 24 years in jail by a special CBI court in Mohali in the Rs 700-crore drug racket busted Punjab Police in 2013. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 5 Books Warren Buffett Wants You to Read In 2025 Blinkist: Warren Buffett's Reading List Undo Punjab Police had seized heroin, methamphetamine, pseudoephedrine, ephedrine, opium, intoxicating powder, and Rs 1.91 crore, besides some foreign currency and arms from him. In the second conviction, Bhola was sentenced to 10 years in jail in a drug-linked money laundering case of Mohali in July 2024. Earlier, the disgraced cop and wrestler was allowed to visit his native village, Raike Kalan in Bathinda district, for five hours to perform the last rites of his father, Balshinder Singh, on Jul 26, 2024. Before this, he had come out to perform the last rites of his mother for a brief period in Jun 2023.
