The South Eastern Railway (SER) has hired 26 talented athletes, including 8 hockey players from Hatia, Jharkhand. These hockey players were hired in Group C and D positions. Dipti Kullu, Dipti Toppo, Ropni Kumari, and Sunit Lakra were hired as Ticket Collectors (Group C), while Noval Toppo, Susharan Tirki,...
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Manohar Munda, and Moirangthem Dhananjaya were hired in Group D. Except for Sunit Lakra and Moirangthem Dhananjaya, all the players are from Jharkhand. Interestingly, 5 of these 8 hockey players are trainees from the Ekalavya Center for Excellence. These trainees were coached by Dronacharya awardee Narendra Singh Saini, who was later forced to leave the center after facing discrimination and mistreatment. These trainees include Dipti Kullu, Dipti Toppo, Ropni Kumari, Noval Toppo, and Susharan Tirki. The article also mentions a discrepancy about a press release issued by the JSCA/CCC manager of corporate communication, Priya Ojha, which was later deleted from the official WhatsApp group.