Kabaddi participant Sandeep Nangal Ambian shot useless in Jalandhar

A famend worldwide kabaddi participant was shot useless throughout a dwell match of a kabaddi match at Jalandhar’s Mallian Khurd (Nivin Mallian) on Monday night. The sufferer has been recognized as Sandeep Singh Sandhu aka Sandeep Nangal Ambian (38).

The incident befell between 6:15 pm to six:30 pm. Ambian had come alongside along with his group to take part in a match which was supposed to start out within the night.

It is learnt that when Sandeep got here out of the match website, unidentified assailants opened hearth on him, leaving him useless on the spot. A teenage boy was additionally injured however he’s out of hazard.

Sandeep was amongst high 5 Kabaddi gamers of the world and head of Major Kabaddi League Federation. He represented the United Kingdom group as captain within the varied Kabaddi World Cup tournaments, organised by the Punjab authorities. SSP (Rural) Jalandhar Satinder Singh reached the spot quickly after the incident. A private rivalry or skilled jealousy might be the rationale behind the incident, police mentioned.

As quickly because the bullet pictures had been fired, individuals ran out of the bottom in the direction of the fields to avoid wasting their lives, with chaos reigning supreme, the movies of the incident revealed.

Sandeep has been survived by his mother and father, spouse and two sons. He used dwell in UK and would come to India yearly in the course of the winter to take part in kabaddi tournaments.

Sources within the Kabaddi sector mentioned that there’s lot of cash within the kabaddi, with a number of gangsters additionally concerned in it, who dictate gamers on which group they need to play for.

“A murder case against unidentified persons has been registered. People in the area are in a state of shock and panic after the incident,” mentioned Station House officer (SHO) Inspector Parminder Singh of Nakodar Sadar police station.