Srinagar: Two police personnel of Jammu and Kashmir Police – SgCt Nazir Ahmed and SgCt Falil Singh – which were part of the 11 member All India Police Sports Control Board Team scaled world’s highest peak Mount Everest on Tuesday morning.
J&K Governor Satya Pal Malik, Advisor to Governor K Vijay Kumar, Chief Secretary BVR Subramanyam, Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh and ADGP (Armed), SJM Gillani have congratulated the police personnel for successfully scaling the Mount Everest.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh in a message also greeted them and said that he is proud of their achievements and has wished success in their future endeavours.
DGP in his message said that it is a proud moment for the J&K Police department. He wished successful return of the mountaineers.
Police headquarters have been giving every opportunity to the men from the department and also from the civil society to excel and achieve the goals in any field of the sports to make name for the country, state and for themselves, he said.
SgCt Nazir Ahmed who hails from district Kupwara is presently posted at JKAP 14th BN and SgCt Falil Singh is a resident of Rajouri and is posted at IRP 1st BN.
Both have been trained in basic mountaineering from The Jawaharlal Institute of Mountaineering and Winter Sports, Pahalgam in 2004. They are performing their duties with the JK Police Mountaineering Rescue Teams.
SI Ram Singh of J&K Police has scaled the world’s highest peak in the year 2008. (GNS)
