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2017

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who becomes Gujarat’s first woman police chief, DGP?
A
Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
B
Meera Borwankar
C
Damayanti Sen
D
Geetha Johri
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Geetha Johri is a retired officer of the Indian Police Service.

Detailed explanation-2: -Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya (c. 1947-26 August 2019) was the second woman officer in Indian Police Service (IPS) in India, the first being Kiran Bedi. A 1973 batch IPS officer, she was the first woman to become Director General of Police of a state and retired on 31 October 2007 after 33 years of service.

Detailed explanation-3: -The first woman IPS officer in India was Kiran Bedi. As Director-General of the Bureau of Police Research and Development, she stayed in the workforce for 35 years before taking voluntary retirement in 2007.

Detailed explanation-4: -In view of this, the possibility that the current DGP Ashish Bhatia will get another extension is very less.

Detailed explanation-5: -Sara Afzal Rizvi is the only Muslim woman IPS officer in the Gujarat police. Born in Mumbai, Rizvi belongs to an educated family. Her father Afzal Ahmed is a science graduate and mother Nigar Rizvi is an alumnus of Aligarh Muslim University.

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