Cops compete in Special Tactical Sports Meet

NAMCHI, 28 Nov: A “Special Tactical Sports Meet” for the police personnel of South and West districts was held here at Jorethang public ground today, organized by the South district police department.
DGP Sikkim Police, Jasbir Singh, was present as chief guest accompanied by IGP [Law & Order] Akshay Sachdeva and IGP [retd] Tashi Namgyal present as special guests.
Addressing the programme, the DGP congratulated South District police for organizing this event and said that it was a good venture for all the police personnel to enjoy some relief from the pressure of work.
Delivering the welcome address SP South, Sonam Gyatso said that this is an event organized for the police personnel of South and West districts to offer some recreation. As the general election is approaching and they have to work hard, this event could act as a stress-buster and prepare them for what lies ahead, he said.
Events organized during the event include assembling and disassembling of 9mm pistol (for officers only), 50 mts, Anti-riot drill race in men and women categories, 100 mts. Race for men and women, 50 mts tyre race for men and women in group form, shot-put for men and women, Tug-of-war between South and West district police. The main event was the football match between South and West district police.
A colorful cultural programme was also performed by the personnel from Namchi, Jorethang, Ravangla and Temi Police Stations and groups from New Light Academy and Nandugaon.
The Assembling and Disassembling of 9mm pistol competition was won by PI Kessang Bhutia [SHO Kaluk, West Sikkim] while PI Mahendra Pradhan [SHO Sombaria] came in second followed by Tshering Gyatso [SDPO Soreng] in third position.
In 50 mtrs Anti-riot drill race in men’s category, Constable Anil Chettri from Temi PS stood in first place followed by Bhuwan Chettri from Ravangla PS and Sudan Mukhia from Namchi PS in second and third positions respectively.
Similarly, in 50 mts. Anti-riot drill race for women, Constable Anita Gurung from Temi PS stood first followed by Constable Krishna Ramudamu from Namchi PS and Yankee Bhutia from Namchi PS in second and third positions respectively.
In 100 mts race for men Constable Bhuwan Chettri from Ravangla PS secured first place while Constable Yogel Subba from Temi PS and Constable Suboth from Jorethang stood second and third respectively. Similarly, in 100 mts race for women Krishna Ramudamu from Namchi PS secured the first position and Constable Lila Devi Chettri and Kessang Doma from Ravangla PS took the second and third positions respectively.
In 50 mts tyre race (in group) in men categories Ravangla PS stood in first position which was followed by Temi PS and Namchi PS in second and third positions respectively. In the women category Namchi PS secured the first position and Ravangla PS and Jorethang PS took the second and third positions respectively.
In the Tug-of-War between South and West District police personnel, the Namchi PS group defeated the West district police winning 2 sets against 1 set of West district police.
In the main event of the tactical sport meet 2013, the exhibition football match between West district police and South district police ended with an interesting decision made by the judges panel of the day where the match was decided with a coin toss. The toss went in favour of South district police who were declared the winners of the match. Earlier, the match had ended in 2-2 draw and the tie-breaker also ended in 4-4 draw.
The programme was conducted by SDPO (S) Geegee N. Bhutia while it was also attended by Commandant IRBN 2nd Battalion KB Gurung, Commandant IRBN 3rd Battalion Hemraj Rai, SP Home guard Hissey Zangpo, SP Namchi Jail KI Tenzing, SP (S) Sonam Gyatso, SP (W) DB Giri, SDM Jorethang, Tenzing G. Denzongpa, SDPO Namchi, Jorethangm Ravangla, Soreng, Gyalshilg and other officials from the police department.