To continue with the old tradition of organizing annual wrestling competitions at various places, Maitra Dangal Committee led by President Gopal Krishan Raina and other prominent members Krishan Lal, Ranjay Kumar, Mushtaq Mugal, Jagdeep singh, Surinder Singh, Rashid Mir, Mohammd Rafiq, Ramesh Singh, Irfan Mugal and Gulam Bhat organized annual Maha Dangal at Ramleela ground, here today.In all, 30 bouts were played in the one day long dangal. The first mali main bout was fought between Ramesh of Haryana and Hafiz of Jammu in which Hafiz won the bout with cash prize of Rs 9000 while runner up got Rs 6000. The second mali competition was fought between Jagroop and Amandeep in which Jagroop lifted the title with cash prize of Rs 5000 while his opponent got Rs 3000.
Two competitions were fought for third mali bout between Quyoom and Karnail Singh, Sunil and Nazir Ahmed in which Quyoom and Sunil turned up winners with the cash prize of Rs 3000. The runners- up got Rs 2000 each. Lauding the efforts of Dangal Committee, MLA Ramban Neelam Kumar Langeh who was also the chief guest on the occasion said that dangals locally called Kushti help in preserving rich old traditions throughout the country and develops competitive spirit among youngsters. Meanwhile, some ex-wrestlers namely Abdullah, Jaan Mohammd, Sant Ram, Jamal Din, Kaka Ram and Shajaan were also felicitated by the MLA in the presence of Commandant IRP 9th Battalion, Rajesh Kumar, Dangal Committee president and members amid big mass gathering.