Gujarat gets it’s first Woman Police Chief

Gujarat got its first women Police Chief when IPS officer Geetha Johri was given the charge on Tuesday.  Minister of State for Home Pradeepsinh Jadeja said that Johri was made the police chief as she was holding the senior-most IPS post in the state. Johri took the additional charge after her predecessor, P P Pandey, had to give up his post as per the orders of Supreme Court. Johri, who is currently the Managing Director of the Gujarat Police Housing Corporation in Gandhinagar is a 1982 batch IPS officer. Last April, she got promoted from Additional DGP to the Director General of Police. In September 1992, Johri added a feather in her cap by conducting a raid into mafia don Abdul Latif’s hideout in Ahmedabad. While serving as the supervisory officer in 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh case, Johri shot to fame as her efforts revealed that apart from Sohrabuddin, his wife Kauserbi was also killed to cover up the encounter. This revelation led to the arrests of Gujarat-cadre IPS officers D G Vanzara, Rajkumar Pandian, and Dinesh M N of the Rajasthan cadre.