Annual North East Zone Inter Central Paramilitary Forces (CPMFS) debate competition on human rights was organized on July 30 at the ARTC & School, Dimapur with DIG, ARTC & School, Brigadier Gurjap Singh as the chief guest.
In the programme, Brigadier Gurjap Singh enlightened the gathering on the essential provisions of the law affecting human rights and their effective use.
He emphasized that people in uniform must constantly strive to adhere to the law of the land and operate within the directives of the government.
Brigadier Gurjap also appreciated the efforts put in by the participants and made a special reference to the efficient conduct of the event by the organizers.
Seven teams comprising the Assam Rifles, BSF, CRPF, CISF, SSB, RPF and ITBP representing CPMFs based in the North-East Region participated in the event.
The topic of the debate, “Protection of Human Rights: Is it not the duty of security forces?” was chosen by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) with a view to sensitize the security forces about human rights and related issues while dealing with the public.
The team of the Assam Rifles secured 1st position, whereas the teams of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Border Security Force (BSF) secured 2nd and 3rd positions respectively in Hindi language debate category.
In the category of English language, Assam Rifles secured 1st position, and the teams of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) secured 2nd and 3rd position respectively.
The chief guest presented memento to the judges and gave away the prizes to the participants of teams securing first, second and third positions in debate competition.