Badminton helps bind police & people: Hazaribag SP

Hazaribag: To come closer to people, the district police organized a 'police friendship badminton championship' under the social policing programmes. The tournament which started on November 8 concluded on Sunday. In all, 157 students ( boys and girls) between the age group of 13 to 19 years participated in the event.
In the Under 13 group, Devnish Jaipuriar (St Xavier's School) and Ishita Srivastava (Carmel Convent School) have won the singles titles in the boys' and girls' singles events whereas Devvansh Jaipuriar and his partner won the doubles title.
In the Under 15 section, Aman Choudhury (DAV) and Avi Kumari also of the same school have won the singles titles in the boys' and girls' events respectively. In the doubles event, Aman Choudhury and his partner Yash Sinha (DAV) have won the title whereas in the girls' event Avi Kumari and Shrishti won the title.
Similarly in the Under 19 event, Khitij Avant (DAV) and Stefy also from the same school won the singles title in the boys' and girls' events respectively. In the doubles event for the boys, Ishan Singh (St Xavier School) and Akshay of the same school won the title whereas in the girls' section Avi Kumari and Ankita won the doubles title. Speaking on the occasion, Hazaribag SP Manoj Kaushik, said, "Community policing is both a philosophy and an organizational strategy that allow the police and citizen of the community to work closely together in new ways to solve the problems of criminals and Maoists."