STATE TIMES NEWS
KATRA: Wrestler Ishaq Ahmed (Lallu) of J&K Police claimed the 16th Sarna Dangal title after he defeated Abhinayak of Uttar Pradesh in the main bout that lasted for just eight minutes at village Sarna in district Reasi.
Winner Ishaq awarded with cash prize of Rs. 41,000 while runners-up, Abhinayak got Rs. 30,000.
Social activist, Rohit Dubey was chief guest in this dangal, who gave away the cash prizes. President Kreeda Bharti, J&K, Shiv Kumar Sharma presided.
Rajinder Mengi; retired ZEO Dhan Raj, Pandit Tara Chand, Ved Pujari and Jugal Kishore (Bablu) were guests of honour.
The second main bout went to Surjit Singh of J&K Police, who defeated Usman of UP while in third bout, Nadeem of district Doda trounced Munish of Khanna in Punjab. In another third bout Maam Hussain of Domel defeated Chandi of Maharashtra. In total, 106 wrestlers participated in this day-long event.
Members of Sarna Dangal Committee, who helped in smooth conduct of Dangal included Som Raj (president), Ram Singh Numberdar, Balwant Singh, Sat Paul Sharma, Karnail Singh, Ravi Kumar, Falail Singh, Des Raj, Om Parkash, Bir Bahadur Singh, Puran Chand, Abdul Rehman Panch, Bashir Ahmed, Angrej Singh, Varun Sharma, Kartar Sharma, Munshi Ram, Dhara Singh, Nayaj Ali, Tirath Ram Sharma, Kamal Sharma and former Sarpanch Onkar Singh.
The bouts officiated by Mohd Shrief, Rajinder Kumar Ramotra, Harbans Lal, Raj Singh and Tulinder Kumar while proceeding conducted by Sunny Sharma, Pawan Singh and Anil Kumar of Reasi. Other Results: Shaker Noor of Merrut beat Ankush of Delhi, Arjun of Jammu beat Jai Bhagwan of Delhi, Murad Ali of Jatti beat Javed of UP Dillar of J&K Police beat Neeru Gujjar of BSF Chandigarh Billu of Panj Grian beat Sandesh of Delhi. Bouts played between Kharpu of Jammu and Salman Ali of Delhi ended in a draw.