Six policemen from Uttarakhand have been selected in Indian team for participating in the Fairfax World Police and Fire games, which is going to be held between June 26 and July 5 in Virginia (United States of America).
As many as 65 events, including hockey, swimming, karate, athletics, boxing, body building, power lifting and soccer will take place at different venues in Virginia during this period, officials said.
The selected players from the Stare are Kamla Bisht, head constable, deputed at 31st battalion PAC, Rudrapur (boxing); constable Mukesh Rawat, deputed at Haridwar district (athletics); constable Manish Rawat, deputed at Dehradun district (athletics); constable Tajendra Singh, deputed at Haridwar district (body building); constable Amit Kshetri, deputed at Haridwar (body building); head constable Bhagwant Kholiya, deputed at Nainital (Power lifting).
These players had secured several medals in their respective games played at national level competitions in the country, officials further informed.