Head Constable Ashish Kumar Singh was handed over the national flag and colours of Uttarakhand police at Police headquarters by the Director General (DG) of Uttarakhand police MA Ganpathi and Additional Director General Police (Administration) Ashok Kumar on Saturday. He is part of 13 member team for ‘International Eco Everest Expedition- 2017’.
Singh is participating in the expedition as leader from the side of Uttarakhand police. The senior police officers also flagged off the expedition on the occasion. The expedition team consists of mountaineers from Brazil, Japan, South Africa and Greece. The expedition is being organised under the aegis of Asian Trekking Nepal.
ADGP Ashok Kumar said that Ashish Kumar is a seasoned mountaineer and he had scaled Mount Everest successfully in the year 2008 also. He informed that Singh has played a key role in setting up the High altitude mountain rescue team of State Disaster Relief Force (SDRF).
Under the leadership of IG Sanjay Gunjyal he was deputy leader of the police team which successfully accomplished Kalindi Khal (6100 mts) expedition in the year 2015.