Delhi Police has started to unmask Olympic medalist Sushil Kumar’s criminal syndicate that was being operated from the Chhatrasal stadium in North Delhi. It began with the arrest of four of his associates, who were involved in the alleged property dispute that led to the murder of a 23-year-old wrestler at the stadium.
Three cars including a Mahindra Scorpio and a Maruti Breeza seized by the police from the crime scene belong to them and it is suspected that they came loaded with guns and batons after getting directions from gangsters Neeraj Bawania and Kala Asauda. They are residents of Rohtak and Jhajjar in Haryana. Earlier, police had recovered a double barrel gun and batons from a Mahindra Scorpio car.
A senior police official said that after the North West district police got the custody of Kumar for interrogation, the case was transferred to the Crime Branch for further investigation into the abduction and death of wrestler Sagar Dhankar.
Meanwhile, Sushil Kumar, who turned 38 on Wednesday, celebrated his birthday behind bars with the Crime Branch putting in a long list of questions related to Sagar’s abduction and death. Sources said that now with the arrest of these four associates police may discover the exact reason behind the dispute and Kumar’s role in it. Kumar was also questioned regarding his relationship with the gangsters.
The four associates of Kumar were identified as Bhupender (38), Mohit (22), Gulab (24), all residents of Haryana’s Jhajjar district and Manjeet (29), a native of Rohtak district.
They were arrested from Delhi’s Kanjhawala area in the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday.
The arrests were made by the team of Special Staff of Rohini district of Delhi Police after specific inputs were received by them.