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D. Roopa

Roopa Divakar Moudgil is an Indian Police Service officer belonging to the Karnataka cadre. She hails from the 2000 officers' batch of the Indian Police Service and currently serves as the Inspector General of Police of the Karnataka State Police.

D. Roopa
D. Roopa
Born
Roopa Divakar Moudgil

Davanagere, Karnataka
NationalityIndian
EducationMA (Psychology)
Alma materBangalore University
OccupationInspector General of Police (Indian Police Service)

She was also posted as Additional Commandant General, Home Guards & Ex-Officio Additional Director, Civil Defense,[1] commissioner for traffic and road safety, and Deputy Inspector General of Prisons in Karnataka.[2]

She is also a playback singer in Kannada cinemas and has sung in the Kannada film Bayalaatada Bheemanna, starring Ravichandran.[3][4][5][6]

Early life and education

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D Roopa, with the then Prime Minister, V. P. Singh and Minister for Science & Technology Sri Raja Ramanna; as Best National Cadet Corps (NCC) cadet, represented Karnataka in New Delhi while in class 9.

D. Roopa was born in Davanagere. Her father is J. S. Diwakar, a retired engineer and mother is Hemavathi.[7] She has one younger sister, Rohini Divakar, a Joint Commissioner of Income Tax in the Indian Revenue Service.[8][9][10] Rohini was also a cadet of the National Cadet Corps. She has authored several articles on prominent national dailies.[11][12][13][14]

She graduated at Kuvempu University, and attained a Masters of Arts in Psychology at Bangalore University.[15][16] Roopa is well-versed in Hindustani Classical music and is a trained Bharatnatyam dancer.[16] She released a music video on 2018's International Women's Day.[17][18]

In 2003, she married Munish Moudgil, an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and currently an Indian Administrative Service officer. They have two children, Anagha Moudgil and Rushil Moudgil.[19]

Career

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Roopa ranked as 43rd out of 2000 across India in the Union Public Service Commission examinations.[20] She underwent training at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy in Hyderabad, where she was ranked 5th in her batch and was allotted a slot at the Karnataka cadre.

Soon after the training, Roopa was posted as Superintendent of police in Dharwad district. She also served as the same post in Gadag district and in Yadgir district, before moving to Bengaluru.[19]

In 2007, she led the arrest of then-Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and former Union Minister Uma Bharati in relation to a court case in Hubballi.[15] In 2008, she arrested Yavagal, an ex-minister. During this case, she had her subordinate, Deputy Superintendent Masooti, suspended for being in continuous contact with Mr. Yavagal.[15][21]

She became the first lady police officer in the nation to head the Cyber-Crime police station/division, in 2013. While she was the DCP, City Armed Reserve in Bengaluru, she had withdrawn 216 excess gunmen kept unauthorized by 81 politicians. She also had withdrawn 8 new and unauthorized SUVs of the department that remained with the ex-Chief Minister of Karnataka.[22]

In July 2017, Roopa was transferred from her post as Deputy Inspector General Prisons, a post she took barely a month prior to the commissioner for traffic and road safety. Days after she found irregularities inside the jail. She alleged that AIADMK (Amma) general secretary V K Sasikala was enjoying VIP treatment at Parappana Agrahara central prison. In a report, she submitted to the Home Department and Director General of Police (DGP) for Prison Department H N Sathyanarayana Rao, Deputy Inspector General (Prisons) Roopa claimed that Sasikala was being provided with VIP treatment in jail, a whole corridor comprising five cells had been set aside for her private use, an exclusive kitchen to cook meals for her and the relaxed visiting hours in exchange for a Rs 2-crore bribe to jail officials.[23]

In January 2019, the high-level probe led by retired IAS officer Vinay Kumar, an independent inquiry committee, that inquired into this allegations of irregularities had found and confirmed "serious lapses" and "falsification of records" on the part of senior prison officials in extending special treatment to V.K. Sasikala. It further vindicated her stand, and a case has been registered in Anti-Corruption Bureau(ACB) based on her report. Inquiry committee also found that prison officials were aware that the cells were provided to V.K. Sasikala for private use.[24]

She was selected by Israel Foreign Ministry to be part of "Discover Israel delegation" to promote ties between the two countries.[25] She has been transferred 41 times in 17 years until 2017, has faced privilege motions for naming politicians in FIRs. She is also currently facing a defamation case seeking ₹ 20 crore by DGP Satyanarayana.[26] This case was quashed by the Karnataka High Court in June 2022.[27]

A Karnataka court has directed the police to file a criminal defamation case against IPS officer D Roopa Moudgil for allegedly posting objectionable pictures and videos of IAS officer Rohini Sindhuri, and for accusing her of unethical practices.[28]

Awards

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She was awarded the President's Police Medal for Meritorious Service in 2016.[29]

References

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  1. ^ "Karnataka: 36 IPS officers promoted". Deccan Chronicle. deccanchronicle. January 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ^ "DIG Roopa shifted to road safety and traffic for 'exposing VIP treatment' to Sasikala". timesofindia. timesofindia. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  3. ^ "IPS Officer D Roopa Moudgil Turns Playback Singer For Kannada Film". Silverscreen. 6 August 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Everyone Should Watch This Brave IPS Officer's TED Talk Calling Out Political Corruption & Sexism". scoopwhoop. scoopwhoop. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  5. ^ What happens in prisons and what ought to happen., 23 March 2018, retrieved 21 April 2018
  6. ^ Why Bureaucrats Hesitate to Act, 3 January 2018, retrieved 21 April 2018
  7. ^ "Sasikala bribegate: Seven things you did not know about DIG Roopa". Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  8. ^ Aiyappa, Manu (3 January 2011). "Taking the ups and downs together". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  9. ^ Doval, Sharan Poovanna, Nikita (18 July 2017). "D. Roopa: the 'outsider' top cop of Karnataka". mint. Retrieved 4 October 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ "Provoke Lifestyle". Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  11. ^ "Accept the fact that She is the prime force of change". The New Indian Express. 6 March 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  12. ^ "Crossing the seas no more arduous, but..." The New Indian Express. 24 October 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  13. ^ https://www.pressreader.com/india/the-new-indian-express/20190912/282054803731004 [bare URL]
  14. ^ [1][dead link]
  15. ^ a b c "D. Roopa: the 'outsider' top cop of Karnataka". livemint.com. livemint. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  16. ^ a b ""I write, sing, shoot": Who is D Roopa?". babusofindia.com. babusofindia. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  17. ^ "Bengaluru: Tough cop D Roopa releases music video to inspire women". newindianexpress. newindianexpress. 10 March 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  18. ^ "ದಿಟ್ಟ ಪ್ರತಿಭಾವಂತ ಪೊಲೀಸ್ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿ ರೂಪಾ ಮೌದ್ಗೀಲ್". kannada.oneindia.com. 8 March 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
  19. ^ a b "Taking the ups and downs together". timesofindia. 3 January 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
  20. ^ "I write, sing, shoot Who is D Roopa? 10 things about this Karnataka cadre IPS". babusofindia. 18 July 2017.
  21. ^ "Illegal convoy cars use by Yeddyurappa". praja.in. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  22. ^ "Outlook Speakout is Women Empowerment". Outlook. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  23. ^ "Karnataka police officer who alleged VIP treatment for Sasikala in jail transferred". Indian express. 17 July 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  24. ^ "Probe confirms Sasikala got special treatment". The Hindu News. The Hindu. 21 January 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  25. ^ "D Roopa Moudgil". Times of India. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  26. ^ "Always followed rule of law, says Karnataka IPS officer D Roopa". theprint. theprint. 28 February 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  27. ^ "Karnataka high court quashes case on IPS officer D Roopa". The Times of India. 16 June 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  28. ^ "Roopa IPS vs Rohini IAS: Karnataka court orders criminal defamation case on Roopa". The News Minute. 26 March 2023. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  29. ^ "Police medals for 23 in State". The Hindu. The Hindu News. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
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