A prominent Indian athlete has been shot and killed after returning to the country from his home in Britain to organise a kabaddi tournament, police told AFP Tuesday.
Kabaddi — which roughly translates to “holding hands” — is a tag-meets-rugby contact sport widely believed to have originated in the South Asian nation thousands of years ago.
Footage widely shared on social media showed the body of Sandeep Nangal — known as “gladiator” in the circles of the locally popular contact sport — with visible gunshot wounds on his face and chest.
The 37-year-old represented India in overseas kabaddi contests, according…
