Excelsior Sports Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, May 8: Pahal-wan Ajay Sharma of Landen Power House, Udhampur lifted 57th Amar Nath Dangal Title 2018 by defeating Wrestler Muneer Khan of Nagrota, Jammu in a very tough fight for the first malli bout that lasted for 19 minutes at Subash Stadium, here today.
The Dangal was organized by Amar Nath Maha Dangal Samiti in collaboration with J&K Indian Style Wrestling Association under the overall supervision of chairman Amar Nath Maha Dangal Samiti, Gita Devi, daughter of late Amar Nath Pujari and General Secretary District Udhampur Indian Style Wrestling Association, Om Parkash Verma.
ARTO Udhampur Kuldeep Singh was the chief guest on the occasion, who distributed cash prizes among the winners and runners-up wrestlers. Joint Secretary J&K State Sports Council, Shiv Kumar Sharma presided over the function.
DySP Udhampur Kameshwar Puri, SHO Udhampur Sanjeev Gupta, Social Activist and Wrestling Promoter Ram Paul Sharma and Advocate Swantanter Dev Kotwal were the guests of honour.
In all, 31 bouts were played in the one day long historic and famous Dangal which was organized in the memory of Late Shri Amar Nath Pujari of Udhampur. Winner of 1st malli bout wrestler Ajay Sharma was cash awarded with Rs 6,000 along with traditional “Gurj (Gadda) and Patta” by the chief guest Kuldeep Singh, Shiv Kumar Sharma, Gita Devi and Ram Paul Sharma while runners-up Wrestler Muneer Khan was presented a cash award of Rs 5,000 by Swantanter Dev Kotwal and Sanjeev Gupta.
The second main bout was won by Gopal Sharma of Jindrah who defeated Laikat Ali of Bajrangi Akhara Jammu, 3rd bout was won by Murad Ali of Domana Akhara Jammu who defeated Mustaba Kamal (Bablu) of Basantgarh and 4th bout was won by Vijay of Bai Bajaltha who defeated Shotu of Jindrah.
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