The 7th All India Police Badminton Championship which began on October 8 in Dehradun concluded on Saturday with the CRPF emerging as the overall winner while Manipur as runner up in team event, open singles, doubles, veteran singles, doubles and mixed doubles. Uttarakhand won gold in mixed doubles and three silvers in veteran double 40+, mixed doubles and women open singles. The championship was organised at two venues-Police line and Parade Ground in Dehradun. Around 155 gazetted police officers representing 28 different teams from several States, Union Territories and teams from ITBP, RPF, NSG, CBI, IB, CRPF, SSB, BSF and other forces had participated in this championship.
In mixed doubles, Sanjay Gunjyal and Mandira Gunjyal emerged as winner while RK Boomla and Kamlesh Upadhyay as runner up.In veteran double 40+, Ashish Kumar Raut and Mukesh of CRPF emerged as victorious while Sanjay Gunjyal and Jagmohan of Uttarakhand stood second. B Baladevi of Andra Pradesh won women singles open while Kamlesh Upadhyay of Uttarakhand police was runner up.
Dr Benjamin of CRPF emerged victorious in open singles while Sunil Kumar of the same unit was runner up. Mukesh Kumar and Ashish of CRPF won open doubles while Dr Benjamin and Sushil Kumar of the same unit was runner up.Manmohan Sharma of Punjab Police won veteran singles 40+ while A Joshi of Andhra Pradesh stood second.
Manmohan Sharma of Punjab won veteran singles 45+ while C lalthanmaviya of Mizoram was runner up.Nisheetha Chandra and Anuj Kumar of ITBP won veteran singles 45+ while C lalruiya and C lal Thanmaviya of Mizoram was runner up.In veteran singles 50+, TH Radheshyam of Manipur emerged winner while R Sriniwasan of Andra Pradesh stood second.Veteran doubles 50+, CS Bimol Singh and TH Radheshyam of Manipur emerged winner while lalvansanga and lalmanpuiya of Mizoram was runner up.
CH Bimol Singh of Manipur won veteran singles 55+ and Sanjeeva Rao of Telangana was runner up.Bamol Singh and Santosh Machrela of Manipur won veteran doubles 55+ while Sanjeeva Rao and CN Reddy of Telangana stood second. CRPF emerged as team champion while Manipur police was runner up, it is learnt.
Uttarakhand Sports Minister Dinesh Aggarwal who was chief guest on the concluding of this event said that the state police whose main task is maintaining law and order have successfully completed this event which was organised under the aegis of the All India Police Sports Control Board. Aggarwal awarded medals to the victorious players along with State DGP BS Sidhu.