Excelsior Sports Correspondent
KATRA, Sept 9: Wrestler Nisar of J&K Police of Doda lifted 54th annual Sujandhar Dangal Title by defeating wrestler Babba of Kot Bhalwal (Jammu) in the main first malli bout that lasted for 20 minutes at Village Sujandhar, Bhomag.
Winner Nisar was awarded with cash prize of Rs 31,000 along with traditional “Gurj and Patta”, while runner-up wrestler Babba got Rs 20,000. The Dangal was organized by Shri Nag Devta Mela and Dangal Committee Sujandhar under the overall supervision of Prem Singh (chairman), Darvinder Singh (general secretary) and Tej Singh (ex- sarpanch).
In the second main bout, Anil of Kalka Akhara (Reasi) defeated wrestler Baljeet of Dera Nanak in Punjab. Winner Anil was awarded with cash prize of Rs 18,000 while runner-up wrestler Baljeet got Rs 13,000. The third main bout was won by Maam Hussain of Domel who defeated Yuv Raj of Akhnoor. Winner Maam Hussain was awarded cash prize of Rs 15,000 while runner-up wrestler Yuv Raj got Rs 10,000.
The 4th bout was fought between Madan Singh of Roun Domel Akhara and Jarnail Singh of Kalika Mandir Akhara (Reasi). This bout ended in a draw
that lasted for 16 minutes. Both the wrestlers were jointly awarded with cash prize of Rs 20,000.
Former minister Jugal Kishore Sharma was the chief guest on the occasion. He presented cash prizes to the wrestlers. The event was presided over by Shiv Kumar Sharma, former joint secretary, J&K State Sports Council and president of the J&K Indian Style Wrestling Association.
DDC chairman Reasi and senior BJP leader Saraf Singh Naag was the guest of honour. Thakur Sohan Singh, BJP Mandal Pradhan Pawan Singh and social activist Bhuri Singh were also present on the occasion.
53 bouts were conducted during the day-long event with Rs 4 lakh distributed as cash prizes among the wrestlers by the chief guest.
The bouts were officiated by Mohd Nazir, Pawan Singh, Kartar Singh, Sunny Sharma and Vijay Singh. Proceedings of the Dangal were conducted by Anil Kumnar of Reasi and Prabhat Singh of Kalakot.
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