Commonwealth champion Lajja Goswami inducted into Gujarat Police

Gandhinagar, 14 February 2014

Commonwealth shooting champion Gujarati woman Lajja Goswami has been inducted to Gujarat Police in apreciation of her achievements. She has been appointed Police Inspector in special quota.

Gowami won the silver medal in pairs 50m rifle 3 position at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range along with Tejaswini Sawant in year 2010 Common Wealth games.

Lajja’s background

Lajja is from central Gujarat’s Anand town. Her father TilakGiri is priest of Shiv Mandir here. Shri Tilak Giri told media that while other children were playing with toys, Lajja played with guns in her childhood. She had also participated in Beijing Olympic. However she couldn’t secure victory there. Lajja had in past secured sixth place in world shooting championship held at Munich. She had won gold medal in Kerala last year defeating all national shooting champions. Lajja has been trained by Indian coach Sunny Thomas in Pune.

Chief Minister’s appreciation

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi had congratulated Lajja for her victory on Tweeter by saying: “On behalf of all Gujarat, heartily congratulations to daughter of Gujarat, Lajja Goswami on her achievement of silver medal for India at CWG.”

Modi had also mentioned Lajja’s victory in his Surat rally speech, and said he talked with Lajja over a phone to congratulate her. Modi had said, the state of Gujarat will honor Lajja for her success, and also will extend help for further achievements.

Modi later visited Lajja’s home and also signed her rifle provided to her from the Government of Gujarat.