Haryana Police have granted permission to Commonwealth Games gold-medallist boxer Akhil Kumar and his Asian bronze-medallist protege Jitender Kumar to turn professional. Both Akhil and Jitender are serving DSPs in the Haryana Police and had been waiting for permission to turn professional.They had met the Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and Sports Minister Anil Vij to present their case. Akhil said both the boxers will very soon sign up with IOS boxing promotions and start new innings as professional boxers. The two boxers had created ripples at the Beijing Olympics eight years ago by making the quarterfinals. They will soon finalise a deal with Infinity Optimal Solutions (IOS), who are India promoters of the reigning WBO Asia Pacific champion Vijender Singh.