Sports & Allied News
JAMMU, Oct 21:
Wrestler Bhupinder of Punjab clinched 22nd Annual Nagrota Kesari Vishal Dangal title defeating Benia Min of Basantgarh in Udhampur in the main bout at Nagrota, near here today.
This dangal was organised by Nagrota Dangal Committee in association with J&K Indian Style Wrestling Association and under the supervision of Madan Lal Sharma, Sahil Sharma and Numberdar Kulwant Singh.
In all, 63 bouts took place in this day-long dangal costing the organisers over Rs five lakh. Former MLA Devinder Singh Rana contributed Rs one lakh as financial assistance for the event.
Former Joint Secretary J&K State Sports Council, Shiv Kumar Sharma, who is also president J&K Indian Style Wrestling Association and Kreeda Bharti J&K, distributed cash prizes among the winners and runners-up wrestlers.
Sarpanch Rajinder Singh, Sarpanch, Kishore Kumar Sharma, SHO Nagrota Showkat and Naresh Kumar (Pappu Lakri) were the guests of honour.
Wrestling promoter social activist Ram Paul Sharma, Sarpanch Surinsar Bodh Raj, Sarpanch Sagoon Ashwani Kumar and Sarpanch Bajalta Rehmat Ali were also present.
Bhupinder of Ajnala (Punjab) was cash awarded with Rs 41,000 by Shiv Kumar Sharma, Madan Lal Sharma and Numberdar Kulwant Singh while runners-up wrestler Benia Min got Rs 30,000.
In the second main bout Nisar of Doda defeated Amit of Kohali in Amritsar to get a cash award of Rs 25,000. In this bout, Ajay Sharma of Udhampur defeated Manjeet of Haryana while Gamma of Talota outplayed Babba of Kot Bhalwal in the fourth bout.
Dangal Committee members and technical panel comprised Madan lal Sharma (president), Numberdar Kulwant Singh, Sahil Sharma, Gulab Singh, Manjoor Malik, Surinder Singh, Sumit Singh Naresh Kumar (Pappu Lakri),Ram Paul Sharma, Om Parkash Verma, Sat Paul Sharma, Om Parkash Sharma, (NIS Wrestling Coach), Raj Singh, Sunny Sharma, (Airtel), Mohd. Fareed, and Murli Dhar (Muunna).
Other Results: Sanjay of Pargal beat Nadeem of Doda, Amrik Singh of Lallian beat Ranjeet Singh of J&K Police, Murad Ali of Jammu beat Lakha of Ajnala, Akram of Chowadi beat Virender of Ajnala, Shota Muneer of Jammu beat Panku of Jammu, Kharappu of Jammu beat Puran of Ludhiana, Salman of Udhampur beat Kiriti of Talorta, Sukha of Kohali beat Amir Khan of J&K Police, Dillar Khan of J&K Police beat Sethi of RS Pura and Kulbir Singh of Kot Bhalwal beat Maan Huussain of RS Pura.
