Geetha Johri is a retired officer of the Indian Police Service. She was the first woman from Gujarat to become an IPS officer. Johri retired as Gujarat’s police chief and was the highest ranked women officer in the state.[1][2] She became DIG in 2017, replacing PP Pandey.[3]
Johri was the original investigator of the death of Sohrabuddin Sheikh.[4]
Jorhi graduated in the 1982 batch.[5]
In 1992 she raided the Dariapur hideout of criminal Abdul Latif.[5] Latif escaped, but she arrested his gunman Sharif Khan.[5]
In 1998 she came into political conflict which resulted in her loss of opportunity.[5][6][7]Template:Clarify
She was the investigator of the 2002 Gujarat riots.[5]
References
- ↑ Geetha Johri Becomes Gujarat's First Woman Police Chief. HuffPost. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- ↑ Geetha Johri will retire as Gujarat's police chief. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- ↑ Geetha Johri is Gujarat's first woman DGP, replaces PP Pandey. Ahmedabad Mirror(4 April 2017).
- ↑ Slug In The Belly. Outlook(14 May 2007).
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Geetha Johri, Rajkot's new police chief. The Times of India(19 February 2009).
- ↑ Who is Geeta Johri?. NDTV(30 July 2010).
- ↑ Who is Geetha Johri, the new Gujarat DGP?. India Today(4 April 2017).