Writers and poets were felicitated by Director General of Police Surendra Sinh at a felicitation and prize distribution programme organised by Dev Bharti magazine at Police Training and Research Institute on Sunday. On the occasion, poetry book Moun ki Gunj by former DGP DP Khanna was launched and 55th edition of Dev Bharti magazine was inaugurated by DGP Sinh. Poornima Dhillon was awarded for story, Neeraj Naiyami for poetry and Ramesh Chandra Khare was awarded for essay.
DGP Singh felicitated Susheela Kapoor, Prabhu Dayal, Amrut Khare, Manisha Sharma and Sangeeta Saral. Satirist Anu Khare was felicitated with the Dev Bharti prize by DGP Sinh and writer Kailash Panth and provided him with shawl and memento. Khare, who has visited 15 countries, is best known for his works Param Shradhye Mai Khud and Chillar Chintan.
DGP Sinh shared past experiences with former DGP DP Khanna. He said that police have the best understanding of the social issues and key areas which could not be matched by others and this experience of the grassroots level and issues related to society helps sensitive employee and officer of police to create literature.Retired Justice RD Shukla, Kailash Panth, GP Soni and retired police officials were present at the occasion.