The State police department is all set to organise 7th All India Police Badminton Championship 2014 from October 8 at two venues-Police line and Parade Ground in Dehradun. Around 155 gazetted police officers representing 28 different teams from several States and Union Territories and also from paramilitary forces, would participate in the championship to be inaugurated by the Uttarakhand Governor Aziz Qureshi on October 8, said organising secretary Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Amit Sinha while interacting with the media persons on Monday.
Uttarakhand had hoisted the 1st AIPBC in 2008 and teams from 19 states and central police forces had participated. Nagaland had won team championship and open single medal, he added. The event organising committee member, Garhwal Range DIG Sanjay Gunjyal said that apart from the team event, open singles, doubles, veteran singles, doubles and mix doubles for police officers aged 45+ and 55+ will be held in the Championship. Among 155 Gazetted officers above the rank of Circle officer which include seven additional director generals of police (ADGP), 12 inspector general of police (IG), 17 DIGs, 27 SSP/SPs and 68 other police officers would participate in this Championship. Several state players had performed exceptionally well in Badminton at the national level competitions. In order to promote Badminton in the police department, such championship is being organised in the state. Police officers and their spouse would also participate in the Championship. Team from newly born state Telangana will also participate in the event.
Apart from teams representing several States and Union Territories, teams from ITBP, RPF, NSG, CBI, IB, CRPF, SSB, BSF and others are also participating Uttarakhand Director General of Police BS Sidhu is the chairman of organising committee while SSP Dehradun Ajay Rautela as organsing joint secretary. The event will be concluded on October 11, it is learnt.