Meghalaya policewoman cop selected as FIFA International Referee, lauded by CM

Jowai: A majority of the people of Meghalaya are football enthusiasts who either play or watch football. Some Meghalayans also go for refereeing. All football lovers of Meghalaya are now feeling proud as a woman police constable of the Meghalaya Police has made it to the elite list of the FIFA International Referees.

She is no other than Riiohlang Dhar, a young budding referee hailing from Jowai Town west Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya and she is one of the 18 Indian referees who have qualified for the 2020 FIFA Refereeing International List.

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By profession, Dhar is a police personnel but her passion is football and she toiled hard and managed time to make a balance between the two.

Out of the 18 referees who made the cut, only four are women who qualified again after the conduct of various qualification tests by FIFA. The various tests were conducted in Chennai on 10 October, last.

The women referees who made the cut are Ranjita Devi Tekcham and Barman Kanika while in the Women Assistant Referees are Uvena Fernandes and Riiohlang Dhar.

The cop has been lauded by Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma who took to Twitter to congratulate her on her remarkable achievement. "Big congratulations to WC Riiohlang Dhar, 1st MLP, for qualifying as a

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selected from India. Wishing her good luck and many more success," he wrote.

 

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