New Delhi, May 2 -- Wrestlers at Delhi's Chhatrasal Stadium, a premier academy for the sport, were asked to vacate the hostel after a coach was allegedly beaten up by a trainee on Tuesday night, coaches at the centre said.

They said the injured coach Jaibir Singh Dahiya, who is also an international referee, needed multiple stitches on his head and chin. "The incident happened last night around 11pm; a wrestler beat up Jaiveer with sticks in presence of some of his friends. The coach was severely injured. The coach had an altercation with the wrestlers during training and he was attacked at night," two coaches at the Chhatrasal Stadium, who did not want to be identified, said.

When contacted, a senior Delhi Police official said Dahiya had...