The Supreme Court on Wednesday cancelled Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar’s bail in the murder case of former junior national wrestling champion Sagar Dhankar at the Chhatrasal Stadium in New Delhi.

A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Prashant Kumar Mishra set aside the March 4 order of the Delhi High Court granting bail to the wrestler, who has been asked to surrender within a week. The top court’s order came on an appeal filed by Ashok Dhankar, father of Sagar Dhankar, challenging the order passed by the Delhi High Court granting bail to Sushil.

Sushil and others are accused of fatally assaulting Sagar Dhankar in May 2021 over an alleged property dispute. Two of Sagar Dhankar’s friends were also injured in the assault.

According to the post-mortem report, the victim suffered cerebral damage from the impact of a blunt object. Sushil was arrested in May 2021 and a sessions court had granted him a week’s interim bail for his knee surgery on July 19, 2023.

The trial court had, in October 2022, framed charges against Sushil under various sections of the IPC for murder, criminal conspiracy, intimidation and rioting with a deadly weapon and the Arms Act.

The trial court noted that after being abducted and brought to the stadium, Sagar Dhankar was severely assaulted by several accused persons with baseball and hockey sticks.