India’s ace sprinter from Assam Hima Das took oath as a Deputy Superintendent of Assam Police in presence of imminent state ministers in Guwahati on February 26.
Notably, Hima Das’s appointment came after the Assam cabinet meeting chaired by the Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal at Dispur decided to appoint Das as DSP in Assam.
Further, the cabinet decided that sportspersons of the state would be appointed as Class-I and Class-II officers in different department of the state like Police, Excise, Transport etc, government spokesman and Industry minister Chandra Mohan Patowary told reporters.
Medal winners in Olympics, Asian Games and Commonwealth Games will be appointed as Class- I officers.
