The event is available in view of a lower within the variety of COVID-19 instances throughout the nationwide capital and inside jail premises, they mentioned.
The Tihar Jail administration mentioned they’d earlier deliberate to contain Kumar in sports activities actions, however the plan needed to be halted in view of the third wave of COVID-19 in Delhi.
“We had determined to permit this earlier however couldn’t accomplish that in view of the third wave of Covid. Now, with normalisation of the state of affairs, routine actions in prisons are being restored. So, we’ll permit Sushil Kumar to present teaching lessons on wrestling and bodily health to different inmates who’re ,” Director Common (Delhi Prisons) Sandeep Goel informed PTI.
Jail officers mentioned since Kumar is a educated skilled wrestler, his teaching lessons on health and wresting will profit inmates who wish to study a brand new sport and also will assist them keep match and wholesome.
It’ll preserve the inmates engaged and provides them a way of positivity that their vitality in being utilised by a correct channel in a proper route, they mentioned.
It’ll additionally assist them focus of their day by day routine, the officers added.
In September 2021, earlier than the third wave of COVID-19 hit the nationwide capital, the Delhi Prisons Division had began an initiative to impart skilled coaching to inmates of Tihar Jail in varied sports activities.
Below the initiative, sponsored by the Indian Oil Company Restricted (IOCL) as a part of its CSR challenge, the inmates had been being educated in six sports activities — kho-kho, volleyball, badminton, basketball, chess and carrom.
Kumar was arrested together with co-accused Ajay Kumar on Could 23 final yr from outer Delhi’s Mundka space within the Chhatrasal Stadium case and is presently lodged in Central Jail no 2 of Tihar.
He and his associates allegedly assaulted wrestler Sagar Dhankar and two of his buddies, Sonu and Amit Kumar, on the intervening night time of Could 4 and 5 over a property dispute.
Dhankar, 23, succumbed to accidents later.
The primary cost sheet which was filed by the police on August 2 final yr named 13 accused, together with Sushil Kumar as the primary accused.
There are a complete of 17 accused within the case, based on the police.
Within the first cost sheet, the police had mentioned that the brawl on the stadium was the results of a conspiracy hatched by Sushil Kumar, who wished to re-establish his supremacy amongst youthful wrestlers.
The Delhi Police had filed an FIR towards the accused for homicide, try and homicide, culpable murder, felony conspiracy, kidnapping, theft and rioting amongst others expenses.