Agency Report
India’s two-time Olympic medalist, Sushil Kumar, will be catching all the action at the Tokyo Games from inside the jail where he is incarcerated on charges of kidnap and murder.
A television set 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.
“He had made a request through his lawyer for a TV to stay updated about wrestling matches and other happenings.”
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 and accused police of a biased investigation.
He 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.
Last month, a Delhi court had dismissed an application by Kumar seeking special food and supplements in prison.
Kumar is lodged in a separate cell in Tihar for security reasons.
(AFP)
