STATE TIMES NEWS
POONCH: The fifteen day long Police Martyr’s Sports festival organised by District Police concluded on Thursday. The closing ceremony was held at Sports Stadium, here.
MLA Haveli Shah Mohd Tantray and DIG Rajouri-Poonch Range Johny William were the Chief Guests and Deputy Commissioner Poonch Haron Malik and Commander 93 Inf Bde Brig A S Penderkar were the Guests of Honour on the valedictory function.
During the valedictory function trophies and cash prizes were distributed amongst the winners and runner up teams. Also certificates of participation were given to the participants of today’s marathon.
DIG Poonch Rajouri said that JKP has been organizing various sports events with the aim to provide platform to the talented youth who have great potential in different sports activities adding that such events also bridge the gap between police and public.
MLA Haveli appreciated the role of police for keeping the sports activities alive in the district and also congratulated the players for maintaining high standards of discipline during the entire tournament.
Prominent persons present were DFO Poonch, ACR Poonch Principles of GDC and Government Higher Secondary Schools, other police and civil officials were also present.
The event was organised under the supervision of SSP Poonch and civil society including Tariq Khan of Shaheed Manjit Singh Memorial Club.
