debala mitra became india's first woman ips officer.
debala mitra became india's first woman ips officer.
who became india's first woman ips officer?
debala mitra
she has 33 years of a scintillating career behind her. she was the second woman (after kiran bedi) to join the ips officer’s batch of 1973. she was the first woman ips officer in uttar pradesh and was appointed as the first woman deputy general inspector of police in bareilly, uttar pradesh. she was then promoted to be the first woman inspector general of uttar pradesh police. she was the first woman to serve as the additional director general of police in uttaranchal and then was promoted to be the first woman director general of police in the state. she has handled a lot of sensitive cases in her career span of 33 years like the murder of seven times national badminton champion syed modi in 1987 and the reliance-bombay dyeing case. she has also handled several white collar crimes in banks and public sectors.
kanchan chaudhary bhattacharya
in january 1987, at the age of 26, sreelekha became the first woman ips officer in kerala. she has 31 years of experience as an ips officer now.
r. sreelekha