The 11th Jharkhand State Police Games commencing from July 27 would showcase women empowerment at Mega Sports Complex, Hotwar. Sudhir Kumar Jha, Jharkhand Armed Police (JAP) DIG during a press conference on Sunday informed that among the nine participating Range teams, around seven are lead by women while two main organisers are women officers.
“It is a matter of pride to promote women. Besides players, the technical officials would be represented by archer Jhano Hansda and boxer Aruna Mishra who recently bagged medals at the Fairfax World Police and Fire Games 2015, Virginia,” said Jha.
About 2000 people including players, technical officials and team managers from Dumka, Bokaro, Ranchi, Hazaribag, Palamau, CID Special Branch, Vigilance, Training Schools and all JAP battalions have confirmed their participation in the games.
Notably, the lists of events scheduled at the games are Athletics, Football, Kabaddi, Volleyball, Basketball, Handball, Boxing, Gymnastics, Hockey, Wrestling, Archery and Powerlifting.
“All the events except hockey and wrestling would be held within the Mega Sports Complex. The winning players will be selected for the All India Police Games organized in September,” added the DIG.
Asked on which games Jharkhand police has maximum chances of getting into the national tournament, Jha said, “Archery, Powerlifting, Boxing, Hockey and Athletics.”
The inauguration on Monday would be done by Governor Droupadi Murmu at Harivansh Tana Bhagat Indoor stadium and the concluding ceremony at the same venue on July 30 is to be attended by Chief Minister (CM) Raghubar Das.