Delhi Police Arrests Rohit Karor In Sagar Dhankar Murder Case; 8 Arrested Till Now

Police is currently interrogating the accused. Earlier, four active members of Kala Asauda-Neeraj Bawaniya gang, associates of Olympian Sushil Kumar, were arrested by the Special Cell of Delhi Police.

Sushil Kumar, Photo Courtesy: Delhi Police Special Cell / Twitter

Delhi Police has arrested Rohit Karor in the 23-year-old Sagar Dhankar murder case at Chhatrasal Stadium. Eight persons including wrestler Sushil Kumar have been arrested in this case till now.

Police is currently interrogating the accused. Earlier, four active members of Kala Asauda-Neeraj Bawaniya gang, associates of Olympian Sushil Kumar, were arrested by the Special Cell of Delhi Police.

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As per reports, all four accused were involved in the alleged murder of Sagar Dhankar at Chhatrasal stadium. Police had issued a non-bailable warrant against them. The names of the accused are Bhupendra, Mohit, Gulab and Manjeet. Police arrested them from Kanjhawala in Delhi.

All four accused persons have disclosed that in the intervening night of 04/05-05-21, they had gone to Chhatrasal stadium. They reached the stadium at around 12 at night in two vehicles.

They have narrated the sequence of events and details of other persons involved in the crime. On hearing the police siren, they could not escape with their vehicles and left their cars and weapons at the spot. Further investigation is in progress.

A video of Olympic medalist Sushil Kumar has surfaced on social media in which he and his associates can be seen allegedly beating a man with sticks. In this video, a man can be seen lying on the ground covered with blood.

Sushil Kumar and his associates are allegedly thrashing wrestler Sagar Dhankar is this video, who later died. Post mortem report of wrestler Sagar Dhankar suggests that the cause of his death was "cerebral damage".