Early Times Report
JAMMU, June 27: Wrestler Krishan of Patiala in Punjab defeated Sabba of Amritsar to clinch the top bout in the 5th Panya Kesari dangal that took place at High School, Panya Dager (Akhnoor) in tehsil Akhnoor. Dangal was organized by Panj Peer Dangal Committee Panya in collaboration with J&K Indian Style Wrestling Association.
Joint Secretary J&K State Sports Council, Shiv Kumar Sharma was chief guest, who distributed cash prizes among the wrestler winning different bouts. Retired senior forest officer, Inderjeet Khajuria, and retired SP, Prithvi Raj Sharma as also ex-Tehsildar, Bansi Lal Sharma were guests of honour.
Winner of the main bout Krishan was awarded with cash prize of Rs 71,000 while runners-up Wrestler Sabba got Rs 50,000. An expenditure of over Rs 10 lakh incurred on this dangal wherein 36 bouts were decided.
The second main bout won by Pravesh of Bahadurgarh in Haryana who defeated Birju of Delhi. While Pravesh awarded with cash prize of Rs 50,000, Birju got Rs 40,000. Third bout again won by Pravesh of Haryana beating Abdul Gani of Mallerkotla. In fourth bout Mohanu of Sat Paul Akhara Dehi defeated Benia Min of J&K Police to become rich by Rs 35,000. Benia awarded Rs 30,000.
Members and technical officials who helped in smooth conduct of this event included Deep Raj (chairman), Ram Paul Sharma (president), Bansi Lal Sharma, Ashok Kumar, Mulk Raj Sharma, Padam Kumar, Romesh Sharma, Naresh Fouji, Raj Kumar, Bali Ram Sharma, Kamal Sharma, Naresh Kumar (Pappu Lakri), Virender Badyal, Bansi Lal Tidyal, Mulk Raj Sharma, Prem Kumar, Raj Kumar, Kulbir Singh, Deepak Wazir, Jagveer, Ashok Dhaka and Ashok Kumar Arjuna Awardee.
Other Results: Rangila of Haryana beat Amit of Amritsar, Gopi of Ajnala beat Jassa of Ludhiana, Perminder of Delhi beat Rana of Amritsar, Kaka of R.S. Pura beat Major of Ludhiana, Malkiat of Amritsar beat Sunil of Haryana, Bhupinder of Ajnala beat Kuldeep of Sat Paul Delhi, Bharru of Sat Paul Akhara Delhi beat Amir Khan of Bajrangi Akhara Jammu, Narinder of Ajnala beat Dinu of Jammu, Amit of Harayana beat Asif of Bajrangi Akhara Jammu, Manna of Chandigarh beat Ishaq (Lallu) of Jammu, Vir of Chand Roop Akhara Delhi beat Nisar of Doda, Aditya of Chandigarh beat Javed of Jammu, Ajay of Delhi beat Altaf of Delhi and Gurpeet of Chandigarh beat Vikas of Delhi. |
