Telangana IPS officer 1st woman to head CRPF in Srinagar

HYDERABAD: For the first time, CRPF Srinagar sector will have a woman IPS officer as its boss. Charu Sinha, a 1996 batch Telangana cadre IPS officer, will head the Srinagar sector, a highly volatile area as inspector general.
First woman IG to be posted in Srinagar sector of CRPF since its inception in 2005, Charu Sinha is likely to assume charge within a week. On Monday, an order was issued appointing Sinha as IG of Srinagar sector. Director general of CRPF AP Maheshwari headed Srinagar sector as IG in 2005.
For Sinha, this won’t be the first time that she had been handed out a tough task. She was IG, Bihar sector of CRPF and under her leadership, anti-Maoist operations had been carried out. Later, she was transferred as IG, Jammu sector of CRPF where she supervised counter-insurgency operations. The Srinagar sector is located in Brein Nishat and has operational jurisdiction over three districts of Budgam, Ganderbal and Srinagar and Union territory of Ladakh.
Sources said Sinha would also be heading all operations involved in the sector.An alumna of University of Hyderabad, the IPS officer had officiated as IG (training), ACB, and IG of CID, before her deputation to CRPF in 2018. r. When AP was united, Sinha worked as secretary of APPSC and DIG of Anantapur.