Northern Railway set to suspend Olympian Sushil Kumar following his arrest

NEW DELHI: Northern Railway is set to suspend wrestler Sushil Kumar from service following his arrest in a murder case. Sources say the railway ministry has issued necessary instructions to Northern Railway after New Delhi Municipal Council repatriated the wrestler to his parent department on the basis of an FIR filed by Delhi Police.
His suspension from railway service is a mere formality and will happen soon, say sources.
Kumar was hired as a commercial manager (international wrestler) by the railways and in 2015, he was transferred to NDMC on deputation. From there, he was attached to the Delhi government’s education department as officer on special duty (OSD) at the Chhatrasal Stadium.
“We received a file from the principal secretary, education department of the Delhi government last week along with the copy of the FIR filed by Delhi Police that linked Kumar’s name with the murder of 23-year-old wrestler during a brawl on May 4 at Chhatrasal Stadium. After that, we wrote to the railways for repatriation of the wrestler to the parent department and for necessary action,” said a senior NDMC official.
The official added: “Kumar was appointed on deputation as OSD to the NDMC education department and later shifted to the Delhi government’s stadium for training of the athletes and development of sports at school level. But he was withdrawing salary from NDMC only.”
Sources said Delhi government also rejected Kumar’s application for extending his deputation by a year. Kumar, who was working on deputation with Delhi government since 2015, had already got an extension for 2020 and was trying to get it for 2021 too. The Olympian wrestler’s job at the parent department is also at stake after the arrest.
The star wrestler was on Sunday arrested from Mundka for his alleged involvement in the murder of former international wrestler Sagar Dhankar.