ADGP Amalraj bags Champion of Champions award at TN Police shooting competition
The competition, which began with initial qualifying rounds in July, saw the participation of 207 officers, with 63 advancing to the finals held on September 19 and 21.
CHENNAI: The two-day state-wide police shooting competition for officers for the year 2024 concluded at the Tamil Nadu Commando school firing range in RA Puram on Saturday.
The initial qualifying rounds were conducted at various police firing ranges in North, South, East, and West Zones from July 15 to August 7.
Out of the 207 police officers who took part in the initial qualifying rounds, 63 were selected for the finals under three categories which were held on September 19 and September 21.
The finals for the officers in the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) / Additional Superintendent of Police (AdSP) were held on Thursday in which 25 officers participated.
DSPs P Durai Pandian, N Karthick, and S Prasanna - all three attached to the Security Branch CID won the first, second, and third prizes respectively.
In total 12 officers participated in the finals for the officers in the rank of ASP (Assistant SP) and Superintendents of Police held on Saturday.
Theni ASP Kelkar Subramania Balachandran won the first prize while Tiruppur SP, Abhishek Gupta, and Erode SP, G Jawahar won the second and third prizes.
On the same day, the finals for the officers in the rank from Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police to Director General of Police (DGP) was held, wherein 10 officers participated.
ADGP A Amalraj of Enforcement Bureau and Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic), Chennai, R Sudhakar won the joint first prize in the category while DIG MR Sibi Chakravarthi and IGP, TS Anbu won the second and third prizes.
Further, the Champion of Champions event was conducted and ADGP A Amalraj won the championship trophy.
Tamil Nadu DGP/ Head of Police Force, Shankar Jiwal distributed medals and certificates to the winners.
