The Supreme Court has cancelled wrestler Sushil Kumar’s bail in the Sagar Dhankar murder case and has ordered him to surrender within a week. The Olympic medallist had been booked in the murder of the wrestler and was granted bail by the Delhi High Court in March earlier this year.
Kumar was charged with murder, along with rioting, unlawful assembly and criminal conspiracy. Dhankar succumbed to his injuries when he was attacked by Kumar and his associates. The 23-year-old died of the injuries he suffered after being attacked by Sushil Kumar and others in the parking lot of Chhatrasal Stadium, New Delhi, on May 4, 2021. Kumar and his associates assaulted the junior wrestler over a property dispute.
Delhi Police named Kumar the main accused in a 170-page chargesheet, citing tensions over Dhankar’s reluctance to vacate the flat and rumours that Kumar feared him. Kumar was on the run for over two weeks before his arrest from Mundka in western Delhi. He has been in judicial custody since June 2, 2021.
According to the police, the conflict began over a flat in Model Town, owned by Kumar, where Dhankar had previously lived. A dispute over rent escalated when Dhankar allegedly abused Kumar, leading to the fatal brawl outside of Chhatrasal Stadium. Dhankar later died from cerebral damage caused by blunt force trauma.
Sushil Kumar, the prime accused in the Sagar Dhankar murder case, has been granted interim bail multiple times. In March 2023, Rohini Court granted him four days of bail on humanitarian grounds to perform his father’s last rites. The court allowed his release from March 6-9, 2023 on a Rs 1 lakh bond with two sureties.
Later, he was out on bail again from July 23-30, 2023, during which he underwent a knee operation. After these releases, Kumar surrendered in Delhi’s Tihar Jail again in August 2023.
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