An IPS officer of the 1996 batch borne on Telangana cadre, Charu Sinha joined the Central Reserve Police Force (South) as its Inspector-General, replacing incumbent officer Mahesh Chandra Laddha, here on Friday.
Ms. Sinha will be the first woman officer to be occupying the office of the Inspector-General (South).
An alumna of St. Francis College for Women and Hyderabad Central University, she was also the first woman officer to command CRPF in Bihar in anti-Naxal operations.
In the undivided Andhra Pradesh, Ms. Sinha served as Superintendent of Police for districts of Prakasam, Nizamabad, Mahabubnagar, Chittoor and East Godavari.
