Aichi-Nagoya, Oct. 20 -- Indian para-powerlifter and Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Jhandu Kumar finished fifth in the men's up to 72 kg powerlifting final at the ongoing Para Asian Games on Tuesday.

Jhandu, who made headlines with a bronze medal win at CWG in Glasgow just three months before the Asian Para Games, failed to make a mark, securing a best lift of 190 kg and failing twice at his attempts to lift 195 kg.

The gold medal went to Malaysia's Bonnie Bunyau (225 kg), Zhang Pingkang of China (212 kg) got the silver, and Iran's Mohsen Bakhtiar (208 kg) took the bronze medal.

Earlier, para-swimmer Himanshu Nandal secured a bronze medal for India in the men's 400 m freestyle S11 category on Tuesday.

Himanshu secured India's sec...