Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, June 19: Wrestler Benia of J&K Police crushed Sukha of Punjab and lifted the “109th Annual Bani Kesari Dangal Title”, organised by Manwal Dangal Committee in collaboration with J&K Indian Style Wrestling Association.
On the occasion, Shiv Kumar Sharma, president, Indian style wrestling association was the chief guest, who presented Rs 12,000 cash and Gurj (gadda) to the winner and Rs 8,000 to the runner-up in presence of Treasurer, J&K Indian Style Wrestling Association PR Sharma, DySP Dr G Mustaba, BJP leader Nand Kishore Sharma, Social Welfare Officer Yash Paul Sharma, Virender Kumar Sharma, Naresh Kumar and others.
The second main bout was played between Sagar of Delhi and Manni of Mallerkotla in Punjab remained undecided and both wrestlers were given Rs 10,000 each. The third bout went to Vikas of Khanna, who crushed Bagga of Mallerkotla, whereas the fourth bout was won by Pankaj Raina of Delhi who defeated Soffian of Mujjafar Nagar, UP.
Sandeep of Sonipat defeated Ranjeet of Ludhiana in the fifth bout, whereas, the sixth bout was claimed by Tinku of Ludhiana, who defeated Parveen of Khanna.
Sat Paul of Khanna defeated Bobari of Sarore Jammu in the seventh bout.
Other Results: Akram of Jammu defeated Jakku of Delhi, Asif of Jammu beat Sukhwant of Haryana, Amit of Harayana thrashed Bagga of Kot Bhawal, Bhallu of Haryana beat Javed Khan of Nargada, Rajesh Kumar of J&K Police thrashed Makhan of Punjab, Gopal Sharma of Jindrah trounced Abdul of Mallerkotla, Javed of Delhi smashed Sujjat Ali of Domana, Daleep Singh of Reasi routed Bhupinder of Banaras, Shakar of Delhi beat Amir Khan of Jammu, Makhan of Ramnagar crushed Vijay of Agra, Kala of Banaras thrashed Sandeep of Delhi, Salman of Chopra Shop beat Raj Singh of Samba, Chinni of Banaras outclassed Billu of Gurdaspur, Baloo of Jindrah beat Sonu of Gurdaspur, Karnail Singh of Reasi defeated Deepu of Krishanpur, bouts between Bittu of Delhi and Lallu of Jammu and Murad Ali of Domana and Naresh of Rohtak ended in a draw.
In the competition, wrestlers hailing from Jammu, Udhampur, Doda, Reasi, Kathua, J&K Police, Delhi, Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab and UP participated.