Sniffer Dog ‘Jugnu’, who was on duty for 8 years in the dog kennel in Gandhinagar, was given a retirement ceremony at the Gandhinagar Police Headquarters on Wednesday with much fanfare.

The dog was honoured with garlands, tilak, cake cutting, and flowers to a special car.

Jugnu, a labrador born on June 20, 2016, was brought for training on November 1, 2016, for nine months in training. Jugnu served as a sniffer dog under the Bomb Squad in the protocol of the Chief Minister and the Governor of the state for eight years.

Jugnu was trained by a trainer-handler named Girish Patel, a police officer of the Gandhinagar Dog Squad. After that, he was placed as a sniffer dog in VVIP security in Ahmedabad. 

Jugnu spent five years in Ahmedabad and three years in Gandhinagar, a total of 8 years in VVIP security, such as the explosive detection dog squad during the VVIP security of the state chief minister, governor, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other dignitaries.

There are 11 trained dogs at the Gandhinagar Dog Squad, which are divided into three categories: tracker dog, sniffer dog and assault dog.

There is a staff of 11 people at the Gandhinagar Training Center, each of whom is a handler of one dog.

After retirement, Jugnu will be sent to the old age home for special police dogs in Anand, where he will stay for life.