Wrestler Sagar Dhankar murder case: Sushil Kumar shifted to Tihar jail
Wrestler Sagar Dhankar murder case: The Olympic medalist Sushil Kumar was on Friday shifted from Mandoli jail to Tihar jail. As per the Tihar jail authorities, the wrestler, arrested in Sagar Dhankar murder case, would be kept at cell number 2 of the jail.
It may be recalled that Sushil Kumar was arrested on May 23 from outer Delhi's Mundka area. Meanwhile, the court remanded him to six days of police custody. It was later extended by four more days.
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Sushil Kumar and his associates have been accused of assaulting wrestler Sagar Dhankar and two of his friends Sonu and Amit Kumar on the intervening night of May 4 and 5.
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However, Sagar succumbed to the injuries. Last month, a video surfaced on social media showing Sushil Kumar and his associates allegedly hitting another man with sticks.
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In the video, Kumar and his associates were purportedly seen carrying sticks while the injured man believed to be Sagar Dhankar who was seen lying on the ground.
In wrestler Sagar Dhankar's murder case, the bail plea of Sushil Kumar was rejected several times.
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