The Special Cell of Delhi Police has arrested two people in connection with the murder of University-level wrestler Nisha Dahiya and her brother at a wrestling academy in Haryana’s Sonipat district. Police said that the duo was nabbed from National Capital’s Dwarka area.
The accused have been identified as Pawan Barak (25), a resident of Haryana’s Rohtak and a coach in the wrestling academy while the second accused has been identified as Sachin Dahiya (23), a resident of Sonipat. Police said that they have also recovered a revolver from Barak’s possession.
A budding wrestler, 20 year-old Nisha Dahiya and her brother Suraj were killed and their mother suffered injuries as assailants opened fire on them at the academy on Wednesday. The mother was admitted to the PGIMS hospital in Rohtak.
According to Sanjeev Kumar Yadav, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Special Cell, Sachin Dahiya was found previously involved in two cases under the Arms Act.
Nisha Dahiya was a university-level wrestler who had been practising at the Sushil Kumar Wrestling Academy. The academy has no links with two-time Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar.
The incident took place around 2 PM on Wednesday in Sonipat and five to six rounds of bullets were fired allegedly by coach of the academy Pawan Barak and some other persons.
The body of Nisha was found lying near the gate of the academy and her brother’s body was around 100-200 metres away.
The deceased were from Halalpur village in Kharkhoda subdivision. Angry over the incident, villagers of Halalpur set the academy on fire.