Former Indian athlete arrested for murder

November 02, 2005 14:14 IST

Former international athlete and SAF Games medallist Rajinder Singh has been arrested on charges of killing a man in Jamshedpur.

On Wednesday, police said Singh, a four-time gold medallist in triple jump, shot Ram Narender Singh, who died on the spot.

Singh surrendered before

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the police after the incident.

In his statement Singh said he took the step as Ram Narender had been extorting money from him for a long time.

Singh, the younger brother of former international basketball player and coach of Jharkhand team J P Singh, has been sent to jail.

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