Kathua, June 20 : Haryana wrestler, Bhupinder defeated Devinder of Almgir Akhara of Punjab in 85th Ramkote kesri Dangal, organised by the Dangal Committee Ramkote at Ramkote ,Kathua. The title bout between these two wrestlers remained undecided even after 25 minutes long contest, the bout was decided in 5 minute extra time on point basis. The winner got Rs 45,000 prize money presented by Chief Guest Jeevan Lal, MLA Bani accompanied by Tehsildar Ramkote, SHO Ramkote, in presence of Madan Gopal , Chairman , Rajesh Gupta, President and Vinay Gupta Vice president of the committee . The historical dangal is being organized every year ever since 1930 and this year in total, 75 bouts were decided in the day-long Dangal among huge crowd of more than 25000 spectators. The second main bout was between Sunny of lilan and Amit of Delhi. While Amit got Rs 21,000, Sunny was presented with Rs 15,000 as runners-up's prize. The third and fourth main bouts remained undecided and therefore were shared by Sukha of Rajasthan and lali of Garh Shankar and Sukh of Garh Shanker and kala of Dina Nagar, respectively. The fifth main bout between Fiza of J&K Billawar and Gunga of Lilan was won by Gunga, sixth bout between Narinder of Ajnala and Buta of Almgir remained undecided. Bittu of Delhi beat Ramesh of Haryana in seventh bout.
Members of Organising Committee and technical officials of Dangal included Sarpanch Budhi singh, Vijay Gupta, Sardanand Deonia, Om Parkash, Kaka kharka, Rajinder Dogra, Vinod Spolia, Dr Sat Paul and Sardari Lal.
Emerging wrestler Shiva of Dina Nagar and Inayat of Manwal and Sanju of Banaras mesmerized the public with their outstanding and unique skills with huge applaud and appreciation. At the end the committee extended vote of thanks to local administration, press and media, and all the wrestlers who made this event a great success and extended open invitation to them for participating in Ramkote Kesri 2016 to be held on 16 June , 2016. |
