How many persons are senior to ASHWANI? 

Study the following information carefully and answer the questions below-: Eight people were posted in the Indian Police at different designations. The designations are in decreasing order is as Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Superintendent of Police (SP), Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP), Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Sub-Inspector of Police (SI), Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police (ASI), Head Constable (HC) and Constable (CT) where (SSP) is the highest designation. SANJAY is senior to TARUN. Three people are designated between RAMAN and PRAKASH. TARUN is immediate senior to ANKIT. RAMAN is senior to ASHWANI but is immediate junior to NAMAN. MANOJ is designated as DSP and is just senior to ASHWANI.