Excelsior Sports Correspondent
KATRA, Oct 22: Georgian Wrestler Heddo clinched the “105th Annual Sunail (Akhnoor) Kesari Vishal Dangal Title” by defeating Wrestler Abdul Gani of Mallerkotla in Punjab in a very tough fight took Heddo five minutes to finish the top bout in 20 minutes contest.
Gani was no match for this tough Georgian Wrestler.
The historic Wrestling event was organized by Sunail (Akhnoor) Dangal Committee in collaboration with J&K Indian Style Wrestling Association under the supervision of Numberdar Tilak Raj, Ex- Sarpanch Surinder Singh and Vicky Sharma.
In all, 42 bouts were played in the one day long Dangal and Rs 5, 65,000 has been incurred for the conduct of this Vishal Dangal.
President JKOA and former President Wrestling Federation of India, Dushyant Sharma (SP Rural Jammu) and Treasurer Indian Style Wrestling Association of India Shiv Kumar Sharma who is also President J&K Indian Style Wrestling Association and President Senior Citizens Welfare Forum Katra graced the occasion with their presence and distributed cash prizes of Rs 5, 65,000 among the winners and runners-up Wrestlers.
Vice-President J&K Indian Style Wrestling Association Ram Paul Sharma, presided over the function, while Baba Chanchal was the guests of honour. Sub Inspector Anil Kumar was also present on the occasion.
The first main bout (Ist malli) winner Heddo was cash awarded with Rs 90,000 by Shiv Kumar Sharma, Ram Paul Sharma, Tilak Raj and Surinder Singh, while runners-up Wrestler Abdul Gani was cash awarded with Rs 60,000 by Deep Raj, Man Mohan Chib (Lucky), Darshan Lal Sharma and Vicky Sharma.