After a selfie session of police personnel with the two-time Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar went viral on Friday, the Delhi police has initiated an inquiry.
The police personnel with the special cell and 3rd battalion of Delhi Armed police, on Friday morning took pictures with Sushil Kumar when he was being taken from the Mandoli Jail to the Tihar Jail. The Delhi Court had extended his judicial custody till July 9.
Kumar had been arrested in the connection of the murder of wrestler Sagar Dhankar who had been beaten to death in a clash between the two groups inside of the Chhatrasal Stadium.
Sandeep Goel, the DG Tihar, said that Sushil Kumar had been shifted from Mandoli Jail to Tihar Jail number 2.
The officials informed that the special security arrangements had been made and police personnel had been deployed near his barracks round the clock as a few days ago, gangster Lawrence Bishno who was a close associate of Sandeep alias Kala Jathedi had also been shifted to Tihar from Mandoli jail.
Sources mentioned that keeping in mind of a possible security threat to Sushil Kumar, a team of the southern range of the special cell was made present with police personnel of the 3rd battalion.
On reaching the Mandoli jail they started taking pictures with the accused. The police personnel of the 3rd battalion had been asked to share pictures of high-risk prisoners with their seniors so that they could monitor their activities. On Friday, the officials apart from sharing the photos with their seniors, started sharing the photos on their official WhatsApp groups and with their relatives.
