Imphal, July 12 -- The Governor-in-Council of Manipur has approved the appointment of Chingakham Naoba Singh as Assistant Sub-Inspector (Civil Police) under the Home Department.

The decision was taken during a meeting held on Friday night at Raj Bhavan, chaired by Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla.

In an official statement, N Ashok Kumar, Commissioner-cum-Secretary (Home), said the appointment was made on humanitarian and exceptional grounds, in recognition of the death of Naoba Singh's elder brother, Constable Deepak Chingakham of the Border Security Force (BSF), during Operation Sindoor.

Constable Deepak Chingakham, 25, from Yairipok Yambem Mathak Leikai in Imphal East, was serving with the 7th Battalion of the BSF. He sustained fatal injur...