Lakshmi Devi bagged a gold medal and a silver medal in an athletics event in Sri Lanka

Deputy Inspector-General of Kurnool Range B.V. Ramana Kumar on Thursday felicitated a woman head constable Nemmipati Lakshmi Devi who bagged a gold and a silver medal in the international athletics championship held in Sri Lanka.

Ms. Lakshmi Devi, working in the Armed Reserve headquarters in Kurnool, secured gold medal in hammer throw and silver medal in discuss throw held at Diogama Mahindra Rajapakshe sports stadium at Colombo in Sri Lanka in February last week. The DIG felicitated the woman head constable with a shawl and garland and wished that she win more laurels and earn a good name for the police department. Reacting to the felicitation, Ms. Lakshmi Devi said women were excelling in all sectors on par with men and lamented discrimination against women in some aspects.

Gives credit to family

She said she could emerge as an international athlete with the encouragement of her family members.

Additional SP (Administration) T. Chandrasekhar Reddy, Additional SP (Armed Reserve) M.K. Radhakrishna, DSPs D.V. Ramana Murthy, J. Babi Prasad, G. Veeraraghava Reddy, Police Officers Association president T. Narayana and executive members Raghuramudu and Noor Ahmed participated.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> Andhra Pradesh/ by Special Correspondent / Kurnool – March 04th, 2016