STATE TIMES NEWS
KATRA: Johnty of Guru Hanuman Akhara Delhi lifted the 14th annual Battal Ballian (Udhampur) Dangal title beating top J&K wrestler, Benia Min of J&K Police in the main bout that lasted for 22 minutes.
Winner Johnty was awarded with cash prize of Rs. 1.50 Lakh while runners-up Benian got Rs. one lakh. Vishal Dangal was organized by Battal Ballian Dangal Committee in association with J&K Indian Style Wrestling Association under the overall supervision of Deep Singh (Pinka).
The second main bout went to Ishaq Ahmed (Lallu) of J&K Police to receive a cash prize of RS 60,000 while Mir presented Rs 40,000. The third main bout between Babba of Kot Bhalwal and Nadeem of J&K Police ended in a draw. Bouts played between Neeru Gujjar of BSF of Chandigarh and Mam Hussain of Domail; Krishan of Delhi and Kharpu of Jammu and Muneer of J&K Police and Gora of Ajnala (Punjab) ended in a draw. In another bout, Amir Khan of J&K Police beat Abhisheikh of Delhi. Former Minister of Pawan Kumar Gupta graced the occasion as chief guest. Former MLA, R. S. Pathania was guest of honour. Former Joint Secretary J&K State Sports Council and president J&K Indian Style Wrestling Association, Shiv Kumar Sharma presided over the function.
Members of Battal Ballian Dangal Committee included Deep Singh (Pinka) President, Sukhdev Singh, Pankaj Singh, Rajinder Singh, Lucky Singh, Moni Raja, Randhir Singh and Dhyan Singh. The bouts were officiated by Naresh Kumar, (Pappu Lakri), Deepak Wazir, Sat Paul Verma, Om Parkash Verma, Raj Singh, Darshan Singh and retired Capt. Dhayan Singh.
Prominent Persons present included ex BDC chairman, Balwan Singh; ex-DDC member Puran Sharma, Colonel Balwant Singh, SHO Raghubir, Choudhery Rohit Sethi, Varinder Badyal and Dr. Mulkh Raj Bhamagi.
