The closing ceremony of Inter Battalion Sports Meet- 2018 was held at Gulshan Ground, Jammu on Sunday.
Director General of Police, J&K, Dilbag Singh IPS was the chief guest of the function. The closing ceremony was attended by a number of retired and serving senior police officers and by a huge crowd.
The DGP also congratulated the players and the officers for their participation and showing their excellence in sports and advised them to work for keeping the flags of the Police, State and the Country high.
While praising the Asian Games bronze medallist Bhanu Pratap Singh and national Wushu Coach Inspr. Kuldeep Handoo, the DGP impressed upon the participating players to enhance their capabilities and excel at state, national and international level. He impressed upon the personnel to be fit and by engaging themselves in different sports activities.
Dilbag Singh said that the J&K Police has been organising the sports events under its Civic Action Programme (CAP) for channelizing the energies of youth in positive directions through the medium of sports.
Earlier in his address ADGP Armed A.K. Choudhary presented a brief account of the event and the games played in it. He thanked the DGP and the PHQ for their support and assistance in organising the event. He also thanked the different wings of the state police for assisting in successful conduct of the event.
In his thanks giving speech Organising Secretary of the event IGP Armed Jammu Danesh Rana said that during the event new sports talent of the Armed Zone was spotted which will be put to trails for selection in the Central Police team and for the national competition. He also thanked all the officers, civil departments, wings and print and electronic media for their cooperation and assistance.