D Roopa IPS Wiki, Biography, Age, Husband, Family, Salary, Images

Divakar Roopa Moudgil or D Roopa is an IPS officer. She is the current Karnataka State Handicrafts Development Corporation Managing Director. She is well-known as the first woman Kannadiga IPS officer serving in Karnataka. Roopa made the headline after she had a squabble with IAS officer Rohini Sindhuri Deputy Commissioner in Muzrai. Roopa accused Sindhuri of corruption and shared some private photos of her on social media.

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• Roopa was ranked 43rd in the UPSC Civil Services Examination in the year 2000 and opted for the IPS. She was fifth in rank amongst IPS officers of the 2001 batch.
• She was awarded the prestigious President’s Police Medal for Meritorious service on 26 January 2016. She was very brilliant and one of the best and most dedicated officers in the Police department.
• She comes from a highly educated family. Her parents are also Government servants and always ensured to provide the best possible education to their children, Roopa and her sister Rohini.
• Naturally, both sisters had cracked UPSC Civil Services Examination. Roopa became an IPS officer, and Rohini got Indian Revenue Services (IRS). Rohini is also regarded as an honest officer who has already unearthed many corrupt practices.
• The couple started dating during foundation training at Mussoorie and later decided to get married. Roopa and Munish have one daughter and a son.
• After completing her graduation, she prepared for Civil Services Examination and cracked UPSC CSE on her very first attempt. Roopa was ranked 43rd in the UPSC Civil Services Examination in the year 2000 and opted for the IPS.
• When she was a Superintendent of police initially, she arrested Uma Bharati, the CM of Madhya Pradesh, at Alnavar following court orders for a 10-year-old rioting case. She was the first Superintendent of Police of the newest and 30th district of Karnataka.
• While she was DCP in Bangalore city, she withdrew some police staff unauthorized to be deployed as orderlies to serve VVIPs and influential politicians including a former Chief Minister and other ministers who are in power, leaving a minimum number for their effective security, thus allowing for optimum utilization of police force under her.
• She has always remained in the news for her proactive role in maintaining law and order. It is hard to find a police officer with such a credible work record spanning around 15 years of service. It is also worth remarking that she never shied away from taking a firm stand on controversial issues related to social harmony and corruption. She has been at the receiving end of both BJP and Congress politicians.
• D Roopa is the first lady Superintendent of Police to head the cybercrime division in Karnataka. While she was a DIG, CID in economic offenses, and head of the cyber cell she has been effective in solving a number of confronting and high-profile cyber crimes and created awareness amongst the general public about cyber crimes and cyber laws.
• As DIG of the Criminal Investigation Department leading the economic offenses wing, she organized some drug awareness programs for students as part of the social role and responsibility of the police.
• Her Instagram account has more than 7K followers (as of February 2023).

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