STATE TIMES NEWS
POONCH: Historic pre-participation school-Government Higher Secondary School, build in 1935, has been named after Shaheed DySP Manjeet Singh (KPS 1999 batch), who sacrificed his life for the Nation in March 2003.
Born in December 6, 1968 in district Kathua, Manjeet’s name first associated with sports when veteran volleyball player of Poonch, Mohd Tariq established a Club in the name of young police officer soon after his supreme sacrifice in 2003.
In the last one decade or so, the club has contributed a lot for the promotion of the game of volleyball and emerged as one of the top clubs of J&K in terms of producing and promoting the young talent, including current India player, Saqlain Tariq.
“With naming of an historic educational institution after a Shaheed, who was a true sports lover, the present LG Administration has endorsed our view point of giving respect to the martyrs. Such steps and initiatives on part of the Government certainly help encourage the youth to contribute for the National building,” said Chairman of the Shaheed DySP Manjeet Singh Memorial Volleyball Club, Mohd Tariq. The Club management expressed their sincere thanks to DDC Poonch and district police chief as those associated with the whole exercise selecting Shaheed Manjeet’s name.