The first female IG of Assam Police is Violet Baruah
Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Violet Baruah on Monday became the first woman to be promoted to the rank of Inspector General in Assam Police.
In an official notification, the Home Department of the Government of Assam promoted Barua, who received the President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service this year, to the rank of Inspector General of Police with effect from January 1, 2022.
It said that the senior-most woman IPS officer of Assam Police, who is currently posted as Deputy Inspector General of Police (BTAD) in Kokrajhar district, will be in the ‘Super Time Scale-II of IPS’ of the Pay Matrix.
Expressing happiness over the development, Baruah said that she has always accepted any challenge that comes in the job.
“I have never said no to any posting or task in my career. Turning down a job has never been my way of doing things. So I was out of Guwahati (where the state police headquarters is located) for most of the period of my service,” she told PTI over phone.
The senior police officer had also received the President’s Medal for Meritorious Service in 2012.
Barua, who joined the police force in 1992 as an Assam Police Service officer and was enrolled for the IPS in 2004, said gender empowerment is happening everywhere, but the need of the hour is “gender mainstreaming”.
“It also requires individual initiative. I personally opted for a field job and I did not face any hurdle in that. Nowadays many women have come forward to join the police, but I think more should come.”
The 59-year-old officer had worked as a superintendent of police in four districts – Morigaon, Goalpara, Cachar and Barpeta, apart from working in the CID wing of the Assam Police.
The government notification said that along with Barua, eight other DIGs of the state police have been promoted to the rank of IG.
They are Anand Prakash Tiwari, Diganta Barah, Lachit Barua, Deboraj Upadhyay, Mridulanand Sarma, Dilip Kumar Dey, Prashant Kumar Bhuyan and Nitul Gogoi.
The first female IG of Assam Police is Violet Baruah
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