Himachal Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Sunday said cyber crime was on rise and police requires more expertise and IT qualification to counter it.
Presiding over the 18th All India Police lawn Tennis Championship at Solan, he said that in the fast changing socio-economic and political scenario, one needs to keep pace with the latest techniques and digital knowledge of high standards.
Thakur said the crime rate in Himachal was quite less than other states, yet the police requires always to be on alert to maintain law and order efficiently.
He said that organising such tournaments paves the way to get relief from the stress which one gets in his day to day routine job. It was a great opportunity for the police personnel of as many as 24 states to share each other experiences, he said.
The chief minister congratulated the participating teams and welcomed them to the state. He also honoured the police sportsperson who participated and achieved laurels for the Police department and for the country as well while participating in various police games at National and International level.
Those he honoured were Ashish Kapoor a Punjab police Officer to bag Gold medal in World Police and Fire Services games in los Angeles USA , besides Dhananjay Singh from Andhra Pradesh to get gold medal in CBSE under 17 lawn tennis championship besides others.
A colourful cultural programme was also organised on the occasion.
As many as 120 participants from 24 states including paramilitary forces participated in the tournament.
Earlier, Director General of Police, S.R Mardi said as policing was the most tedious job, it was necessary to organise sports activities from time to time so as to keep oneself fit and it also provides an opportunity to meet each other from low to high rank and file.
He thanked the Indian Police Sports Control Council for hosting the championship in Solan this time.
Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Rajeev Saizal, MP Virendra Kashyap, MlAs, police officers and civil officers were also present on the occasion among others.