Gujarat Frontier wins double gold at shooting competition

Gujarat won two gold medals to finish on top in the points table at the Inter-Frontier Shooting Championship here yesterday.
Ajay Kumar, Assistant Commandant, 78th battalion of Gujarat Frontier, won gold medal in the central fire pistol category. He bagged 254 out of 300 points to finish on top.
Constable Shyam Singh of Kashmir and Constable Patil Manohar of Gujarat won silver and bronze medals with 232 and 227 points, respectively, a BSF release said today.
In the rifle match category, Constable T Chhannapandi of 78th battalion of Gujarat Frontier scored 183 out of 195 points and won the second gold medal for his team.

Constable Rakesh Majumdar of 58th battalion of North Bengal and Deepak Kumar of 124th battalion of Guwahati won silver and bronze medals with 171 and 168 points respectively.
The five-day championship ended this morning.
At the closing ceremony, Himmat Singh, Special DG of BSF, presented medals and trophies to winning teams and shooters at Reoti Range of Central School of Weapons and Tactics, 15km from here.