Tihar Jail administration allows wrestler and murder accused Sushil Kumar to watch Olympics on TV
New Delhi, July 22
The Tihar jail administration wrestler Sushil Kumar to watch television in a common area of the jail ward. The Tokyo Olympics will begin on Friday and Kumar had requested prison authorities to provide him with a TV set, to remain updated about the happenings in the wrestling world.
DG (Tihar) Sandeep Goel stated that the Tihar administration has allowed TV for Sushil Kumar in the common area in the ward.
Kumar had made a request through his advocate and submitted his application on July 2. He had sought a TV set to keep in touch with the current happenings outside the jail and to get updates about wrestling.
The Delhi court had recently dismissed a plea by Kumar to get special food in priaom 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 for security reasons. Special safety arrangements have been made and police personnel have been deployed round the clock near his barrack.
Kumar is an accused in the murder of wrestler Sagar Dhankar,. 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.
