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P P Pandey resigns, Geetha Johri appoints new DGP of Gujarat
Geetha Johri is Gujrat's first women IPS officer
Gandhinagar: Geetha Johri is appointed as the new DGP of Gujarat on Tuesday following PP Pandey's resignation over Ishrat Jahan case.
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Gujarat government to accept the offer of Director General of Police P P Pandey to step down immediately.
Pandey is one of the accused in the killing of Ishrat Jahan and three others. The court was hearing a plea by former top cop Julio Francis Ribeiro seeking direction for removal of Pandey on the grounds that CBI had filed charge sheet against him and others in the case of alleged fake encounter killing of Ishrat Jahan.
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Who is Geetha Johri?
Geeta Johri, of the 1982 batch, was Gujarat's first woman IPS officer. Belonging to the Gujarat cadre, she began her career in Ahmedabad in 1982. She was then posted to Gandhinagar and Vadodara. She was also the principal of police training school at Vadodara.
Geeta Johri's career graph has seen many ups and downs since the 1990s. In September 1992, Johri catapulted in to fame when she took on mafia don Abdul Latif by raiding his den in Popatiawad at Dariapur and arrested his gunman Sharif Khan. But Latif managed to escape.