PRISON AUTHORITIES ALLOW OLYMPIC GOLD MEDELIST SUSHIL KUMAR TO WATCH TOKYO OLYMPICS

GUWAHATI,july 22: The two times Olympics gold medalist Sushil Kumar who is currently in prison over a case link to property dispute.

The Tihar jail authorities on Thursday allowed two-time Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar, to watch television in a common area of the jail ward. The Tokyo Olympics will begin on Friday, 23 july where Kumar had requested prison authorities to provide him with a TV set, to remain up to date about “happenings in the wrestling world”.

DG (Tihar) Sandeep Goel said: “We will allow the TV for Sushil Kumar in the common area in the ward. He has made a request through his advocate and submitted his plea on July.

He has asked a TV set to keep in touch with the current happenings outside the jail and to get updates about wrestling in Tokyo Olympics”

This comes after a Delhi court dismissed a plea by Kumar seeking special food in prison, including health supplements containing protein, Omega-3 capsules, jointment capsules, pre-workout C4, hyde, multivitamin GNC, and exercise bands, as he wanted to continue his career in wrestling.

Kumar was shifted from Mandoli jail to Tihar jail no 2 and is currently staying in a separate cell over security reasons. Special safety arrangements have been made and police personnel have been deployed round the clock near his barrack.

Sushil Kumar is an accused in the murder of wrestler Sagar Dhankar, who had competed in the 97-kg Greco-Roman category. Sushil Kumar and his associates allegedly assaulted Dhankar and two of his friends  Sonu Mahal and Amit Kumar over a property dispute at the Chhatrasal stadium on the intervening night of May 4 and 5.

As per the police reports, Dhankhar and his friends were staying in a house linked to Kumar near the stadium in the Model Town area and had been asked to vacate recently. This led to the clash on the night of May 4.