Excelsior Sports Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, May 26: Wrestler Ajay of Udhampur clinched the 53th Annual Amarnath Memorial Maha Dangal -2015 by beating wrestler Naisar of Doda in the main bout at Sports Stadium Subhash Nagar, here.
Minister of State for Finance and Information Technology, Pawan Kumar Gupta, was the chief guest on the occasion.
The wrestling matches were organized by Amar Nath Dangal Committee in collaboration with Mukti Youth Club (MYC), Udhampur and J&K Indian Style Wrestling Association of India.
As many as 25 bouts were held during the wrestling match with participation of about 50 wrestlers from within and outside the state.
Speaking on the occasion, Gupta lauded the efforts of organizers for holding Dangal at Udhampur every year which boosts the morale of wrestlers besides providing a source of entertainment to common people.
Later, the Minister honoured winner of the match with an award of Rs. 5500 and Silver Gooraj while as runner up of the match was given Rs. 4500 cash prize.
Chairman of Dangal Committee, Geeta Devi, extended gratitude to all those who gave financial and physical support in smooth conduct of the Wrestling match.
Vijay Singh (Viju), Mohd. Fareed, Laxman Singh and Prakash Verma gave technical assistance in the event.
Deputy Chief Warden Civil Defence, Swatantra Dev Kotwal conducted the proceedings of the programme.
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