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SRINAGAR: The Director General of Police (DGP) , J&K, Dilbag Singh on Monday declared open the 19th J&K Police Martyrs Memorial Football Tournament which is being organized by Jammu and Kashmir Police under its Civic Action Programme and in collaboration with J&K Football Association at Synthetic Turf TRC, Srinagar. The DGP was the Chief Guest at the inaugural function.
Spl. DsG R. R. Swain, A. K. Choudhary, ADsGP SJM Gillani, M.K Sinha, Sunil Kumar, Vijay Kumar and Alok Kumar, IGP B. S Tuti, DsIG Vivek Gupta, Imtiaz Ismail Parray, Javid Ahmad Koul, Shahid Mehraj, Haseeb-Ur-Rehman and Abdul Qayoom, AIsG of PHQ, Kashmir based Commandants of JKAP/IRP battalions, Chairman J&K Football Association Wasim Aslam, General Secretary JKFA Prof. B A Shah, Nazir Ahmad Andrabi, Head Referee Association JKFA Nazir Ahmad Bhat, President DFA Srinagar Bashir Ahmad Malik, Secretary DFA Srinagar Showkat Masoodi, Zahoor Ahmad Telli, International players Latief Bhat, Mohd. Shafi Nari, Sajjad Yousuf Dar, Khursheed Ahmad Baba, Naseem Ul Gani, members of JK Sports Council and other civil, police officers besides a large number of football lovers were present on the occasion.
The DGP, while paying homage to the martyrs who gave supreme sacrifice of their lives for the peace of the Jammu and Kashmir and security of its citizens and above all for the integrity and sovereignty of the nation, dedicated the eventful inaugural function of the tournament to the martyrs and said they will be remembered forever.
He said that organizing and conducting different sports events in a calendar year are JKPs continuous endeavours to provide opportunities to the youth.
This is third such big event being organised in Srinagar this year by J&K Police, he added.
Stating that organising and conducting such events is a part of mission of J&K Police, the DGP said, besides performing our professional responsibilities, organizing such events are the efforts to connect with the society, especially youth who are the future. He said that we must recognize that the mission of JKP and its people is one.
Referring to the long unwanted terrible times of Jammu and Kashmir, the DGP said we all have witnessed hard times adding that we all acknowledge how important it is to move forward & stand together for the prevailing peace. Organizing this event is a step towards that mission, he added.
The DGP expressed his happiness on witnessing the participation of four women teams in the event and hoped that in the future more women teams will come forward for the participation.
Today’s Results: Real Kashmir FC beat Star Kashmir FC by 2-0; Kashmir Avengers beat DFA Shopian by 6-0; DFA Baramulla beat Galaxy FC by 3-0; Zone Lolab beat Zone Pampore by 3-1; and Novelty FC beat DFA Ganderbal by 4-1.
