Freestyle wrestler Sushil Kumar, a two time Olympic medallist and one of India’s most decorated solo athletes, is currently being held on suspicion of murdering fellow wrestler Sagar Rana. Kumar is accused of leading a gang of men to abduct Rana and beat him to death with sticks at the Chhatrasal Stadium in New Dehli.
The fatal beating is said to have been in response to Rana, a former tenant of Kumar’s, ‘badmouthing’ and disrespecting the popular athlete. After Rana’s death Kumar lead police on a 20 day manhunt before his eventual capture.
According to India Today police in the Delhi-NCR region believe that the 37-year-old Kumar has been tied to criminal activity for quite some time.