IPS officer Charu Sinha on Tuesday, 1 September, became the first-ever female officer to be appointed as Inspector General (IG) of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) for Srinagar sector.
The area is one of the most terrorist-affected regions in Jammu and Kashmir.
Sinha, a 1996 batch officer of Telangana cadre, has earlier worked as IG in the naxal-hit regions of Bihar.