Police hunt down suspects after Delhi stadium murder

Two-time Olympic medalist Sushil Kumar is a suspect in a brawl among wrestlers on Tuesday at Delhi's Chhatrasal stadium in which a wrestler died.

New Delhi:Several police teams have been constituted to trace two-time Olympic medalist Sushil Kumar and other suspects in the case related to an incident at Chhatrasal Stadium in Delhi in which one person was murdered and many were left injured, police said.

"We are investigating the role of the wrestler as allegations have been made against him, we sent our team to his house but he was not found," Dr. Guriqbal Singh Sidhu, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police-I, North West District, Delhi said in a statement.

Apart from it, one double-barrel loaded gun with five live cartridges, two wooden sticks were recovered in one of the five vehicles seized by the police.

A brawl among wrestlers was reported Tuesday in which some wrestlers were injured and they had to be admitted to a hospital and one of them died during treatment.

Wrestler Sushil Kumar on Wednesday denied the allegation that his wrestlers were involved in the fight that took place inside Chhatrasal Stadium.

"They weren't our wrestlers, it happened late last night. We have informed police officials that some unknown people jumped into our premises and fought. No connection of our stadium with this incident," the wrestler said.

Sushil is seen as one of the most successful athletes in the country as he won a silver medal in the 2012 London Olympics, and four years earlier, he won a bronze in the Beijing Olympics.

The 23-year-old Sagar who was killed in the incident belonged to Sonipat in Haryana. He has been a Junior national champion in wrestling.

His partner, Sonu Mahal, who was injured, is a notorious criminal and had earlier also been arrested in various cases.

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