‘Nation is indebted to police officers’

Union Minister Nityanand Rai presides over NPA Dikshant Parade

Ranjeeta Sharma, an IPS probationer from Faridabad in Haryana, was the cynosure of all eyes on Friday morning as she became the fifth woman in the history of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy, Hyderabad, to command the Dikshant Parade (passing-out parade), considered a prestigious honour for any probationer. She is also the first woman officer (P) to bag IPS Association’s Sword of Honour for Best Outdoor Probationer. She was also awarded the Prime Minister’s Baton and Home Ministry’s Revolver for Best All-round IPS Probationer of the 72nd batch of IPS among several other trophies. Ms. Sharma has been allotted Rajasthan cadre. Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai, who presided over the Dikshant Parade and inducted the probationers into the mainstream, after nearly two years of strenuous training said the nation was indebted to police officers and personnel of police forces, who have laid down their lives at the altar of duty to maintain the security of this nation.