THIS Indian wrestler BANNED for life for punching referee during Commonwealth Games 2022 trials

Satender lost his cool, walked across to Mat A where Ravi Dahiya and Aman were locked in the 57kg final, went straight to referee Jagbir, and began to assault him. He first abused Jagbir and then slapped him, who lost his balance and fell to the ground.

In a bizarre incident, wrestler Satender Malik punched referee Jagbir Singh after losing his bout in the 125kg freestyle category during the Commonwealth Games selection trials, forcing the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) to impose a life ban on him, here on Tuesday. After losing his bout to opponent Mohit, Satender stormed across the mat to punch the referee in frustration.

The Air Force wrestler was leading 3-0 with just 18 seconds left in the deciding bout when Mohit effected a 'take-down' move and also pushed Satender out of the mat for another point.

However, referee Virender Malik did not award two points to Mohit for the 'takedown' move and gave only one point for the pushout.

I was in charge of the mat & when the game had come under suspicious circumstances the main judge asked me to watch the video & give a decision on the basis of that. After I announced the decision, the wrestler (Satender Malik) started to fight & attacked me: Referee Jagbir Singh pic.twitter.com/l2XhB2zWoH

— ANI (@ANI) May 17, 2022