Two-time Olympic medalist Sushil Kumar to watch Tokoyo Games from jail

Two-time Olympic medalist Sushil Kumar to watch Tokoyo Games from jail

India’s two-time Olympic medalist Sushil Kumar will be watching the Tokyo Games from inside the walls of a jail in India where he is incarcerated on charges of kidnap and murder.

 Two-time Olympic medalist Sushil Kumar to watch Tokoyo Games from jail
Kumar, 38, was arrested in May after a week-long manhunt over the murder of promising wrestler Sagar Dhankad at a stadium in the capital.

Kumar, who is the only Indian to win two individual Olympic medals, has pleaded innocent to the charges.

 Two-time Olympic medalist Sushil Kumar to watch Tokoyo Games from jail

Television has been arranged in the common area of Tihar jail in New Delhi after a request by Kumar’s lawyer to prison authorities.

“We have allowed Sushil to watch television in the common area of his ward along with others,” Sandeep Goel, director-general of Delhi prisons, told reporters.

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“He had made a request through his lawyer for a TV to stay updated about wrestling matches and other happenings.”

Sushil won the freestyle wrestling silver at the 2012 London Games after bagging a bronze at the Beijing Olympics four years earlier. He has also won three Commonwealth Games golds and was awarded India’s highest honour for athletes in 2009.

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