First officer to head 4 CRPF sectors : Charu Sinha
Charu Sinha, a senior Indian Police Service officer of the 1996 batch, currently serves as Director General of the Telangana Police. She is the first female IPS officer in India to command four different operational sectors in the CRPF’s history: Bihar, Jammu, Srinagar, and the Southern Sector. Charu Sinha became the first female CRPF IG to be posted in the Srinagar Sector in 2020. She received her early education in Hyderabad and graduated from St. Francis College for Women with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature, History, and Political Science. She also earned an MA in Political Science from the Central University of Hyderabad from 1990 to 1999. Her tenure as Inspector General of Police, Srinagar Sector, during the most sensitive period in Kashmir, is known for her strategic acumen and skillful leadership of counter-insurgency operations. Early in her career, she also participated in the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Kosovo. From 2020 to 2022, she led approximately 69 counter-insurgency operations, killing at least 21 terrorists. She also oversaw security arrangements for the Amarnath Yatra, the first such event in two years after the COVID-19 pandemic in 2022. Currently, she leads a comprehensive anti-corruption campaign in the Anti-Corruption Bureau, ensuring transparency and accountability. She also leads the Main Criminal Investigation Branch of the Directorate General of Crime Investigation Department and is fully responsible for statewide women’s safety initiatives, such as the “Telangana She Teams” and “Bharosa Centers”, under the Women’s Safety Wing. Welfare Initiatives Main Awards and Honors International Award