The Assam Government has appointed World Championship sprinter Hima Das as a Deputy Superintendent of Police in the state.
The decion on it was taken after state Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal chaired a meeting of his cabinet on Wednesday night.
“Meanwhile, the cabinet has also decided to amend the integrated sports policy of the state by appointing sportspersons as Class-I and Class-II officers in different department of the state like Police, Excise, Transport,” Assam governmet spokesperson Chandra Mohan Patowary told mediapersons.
It was decided that Das will be appointed as a DSP rank officer in the Assam police and medal winners in Olympics, Asian Games and Commonwealth Games will be appointed as Class- I officers.
Nicknamed the Dhing Express, Das holds the current Indian national record in 400 metres with a timing of 50.79 s that she clocked at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia. She is the first Indian athlete to win a gold medal in a track event at the IAAF World U20 Championships.