Central Zone-A emerged champion by defeating Jammu Kashmir 2-0 goals in the final of the All India Inter- Zonal Hockey Tournament, which concluded at Kalinga Stadium here on Friday.
Commissioner of Police, Bhubaneswar, R P Sharma gave away the prizes as the chief guest of the closing ceremony. IG(Operations), Odisha Police, Priyadarshini, Sports and Youth services director Ananta Kishor Jena, DIGP, Group Centre CRPF Bhubaneswar TN Khuntia and other Senior Officers were present on the occasion.
Nisan Jyoti Mohanty, Ranjan Das, Sanjeet Kujur and Sunil Toppo were conducted the final match as referees. Harbindar Singh of North Eastern Zone-A and Jgunush Toppo of Central Zone-A received the player of the tournament and player of the final match awards respectively.