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  • Haryana: Wrestler Nisha Dahiya and brother shot dead, accused on the run

    Express News Service

    CHANDIGARH:  A wrestler Nisha Dahiya (21) and her brother Suraj (18) were shot dead today allegedly by a coach and two others at the ‘Sushil Kumar Wrestling Academy’ in Halalpur village at Sonipat, Haryana. Following the incident, angry villagers set the academy on fire. 

    The murdered player’s identity became a cause of confusion as several reports mistook her for under-23 World Championship Bronze-Medallist of the same name, who had to issue a clarification that she was very much alive. 

    Police said the incident took place around 2pm. The bodies of Nisha, a wrestler of 65 kg weight category, and her brother Suraj were sent for post-mortem at Civil Hospital, Sonipat. Her mother Dhanpati was injured and admitted at PGI in Rohtak, and is stated to be out of danger. Her father Dayanand Dahiya is an Inspector in the CRPF, posted in Srinagar. 

    Sonipat Assistant SP Mayank Gupta confirmed the deaths. The reason behind the shooting is still unknown.  “The villagers enraged by the incident indulged in arson and set the academy of fire. The accused are absconding, and the police teams are on their trail to arrest them,’’ said a police officer, adding the academy is not of the famous wrestler Sushil Kumar, but that of a local. 

    A case has been registered. Five to six rounds of bullets were allegedly fired by Pawan, a coach of Balanda in Rohtak, along with his brothers-in-law Sachin and Amit from Halalpur, claimed police. The international-level wrestler, Nisha Dahiya, released a video in the evening, saying, “I am absolutely fine,” after reports emerged that she had been shot dead. 

    Also, the Wrestling Federation of India shared a video in which the wrestler states she is in Gonda, UP, for the National Championships. Sitting next to her in the video is 2016 Olympian Sakshi Malik.  Randhir Malik, a coach, who travelled with the Indian women’s team to Belgrade, said, “The girl who died was also Nisha Dahiya but not the one who went to the U-23 World championship.’’

  • Chhatrasal Stadium murder: Four associates of wrestler Sushil Kumar arrested by Delhi Police

    By ANI
    NEW DELHI: Delhi Police has arrested four associates of wrestler Sushil Kumar from the Kanjhawala area of the national capital on Tuesday night in connection with the alleged murder of wrestler Sagar Dhankar.

    According to Delhi Police, all were found to be the associates of Sushil Kumar, who has been arrested in the Sagar Dhankar murder case.

    “They revealed the entire conspiracy and sequence of events of the murder of Sagar. NBW’s were pending against them,” the police said.

    They were active members of the Kala Asauda-Neeraj Bawana Gang.

    The four accused have been identified as Bhupender alias Bhupi, Mohit alias Bholi, Gulab alias Pahlwan and Majeet alias Chunnil Lal, all four are residents of Haryana.

    Acting on the specific information, Special Staff of Rohini District Delhi Police laid a trap near the Ghewra railway crossing and arrested the four persons after their identification through a secret informer.

    “All the four accused persons have disclosed that in the intervening night of May 4, they had gone to Chhatrasal Stadium. They have narrated the sequence of events and details of other persons involved in the crime,” the police added.

    An incident of a brawl among wrestlers was reported on May 4 in which some wrestlers were injured and they had to be admitted to a hospital and one of them died during treatment.

    “Bhupender came in contact with a gangster Rajeev alias Kala of his village and later he became a close associate of Rajeev. He committed a number of robberies and murders with the gangsters till 2011. In 2011, he went to jail in a double murder case and remained in jail till Feb 2021. In the year 2017, his gang leader Rajeev was murdered by members of a rival gang in court premises in Rohtak Haryana,” the police said.

    Another accused Mohit was also the close associate of gangster Rajeev and is previously involved in five cases whereas Manjeet met Rajeev in jail and thereafter, he started supplying weapons to his gang members.

    The police said that Gulab also joined Rajeev in the year 2006 and involved himself in an attempt to murder case. Later in 2019, he was arrested with an illegal firearm.

    Further investigation is underway.