There was lingering disbelief and considerable disappointment as the country’s sports fraternity came to terms with Sushil Kumar’s monumental fall from being one of India’s greatest Olympians to an arrestee in a murder case.

The stockily-built man, who used to be wrapped in the Tri-colour after winning medals for the nation, had his face masked by a towel and both hands held by Delhi Police’s special cell officers on Sunday after being on the run for past many days. Ironically, all this unfolded on World Wrestling Day.