02 June,2021 09:27 PM IST | New Delhi | PTI
Sushil Kumar. File Pic
A court in Delhi on Wednesday rejected a Delhi Police plea for three more days of custodial interrogation of Olympic medallist wrestler Sushil Kumar over the alleged murder of a young wrestler at Chhatrasal Stadium here, and sent him to judicial custody for 9 days.
Kumar was produced before Metropolitan Magistrate Rashmi Gupta at the end of the four-day police custody. He is facing charges of murder, culpable homicide and kidnapping.
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The international wrestler was arrested on May 23. Following his arrest, the court had remanded him to six days police custody, which was later extended by four more days.
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