STATE TIMES NEWS
RAMBAN: To continue the old tradition of organising annual wrestling competitions at various places, Maitra Dangal Committee led by President Gopal Krishan Raina organised annual Maha Dangal at Ramleela Ground here on Thursday.
Other prominent members Krishan Lal, Ranjay Kumar, Mushtaq Mugal, Jagdeep Singh, Surinder Singh, Rashid Mir, Mohd Rafiq, Ramesh Singh, Irfan Mugal and Gulam Bhat were also present.
In all, 30 bouts were played in the one day long Dangal. The main bout was fought between Ramesh of Haryana and Hafiz of Jammu in which Hafiz won the bout with cash prize of Rs 9,000 while runner up got Rs 6,000.
The second main bout was fought between Jagroop and Amandeep in which Jagroop lifted the title with Rs 5,000 while his opponent got Rs 3,000.
Two competitions were fought for third bout between Quyoom and Karnail Singh, Sunil and Nazir Ahmed in which Quyoom and Sunil turned up winners with the cash prize of Rs 3,000. The runners up got Rs 2,000 each.
Lauding the efforts of Dangal Committee, MLA Ramban Neelam Kumar Langeh, who was also the Chief Guest, said that Dangals locally called Kushti help in preserving rich old traditions throughout the country and develop competitive spirit of youngsters.
Meanwhile, some ex-wrestlers namely Abdullah, Jaan Mohd, Sant Ram, Jamal Din, Kaka Ram
and Shajaan were also felicitated by the MLA in the presence of Commandant IRP 9 Battalion, Rajesh Kumar, Dangal Committee president and members amid big gathering.
