Senior IPS officer Sonali Mishra has been named as the primary lady Director Basic of the Railway Safety Pressure (RPF), officers stated on Saturday.
She is a 1993 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre.
The Appointments Committee of the Cupboard has authorized Mishra’s appointment as DG, RPF, till her superannuation on October 31, 2026, stated an order issued by the Personnel Ministry.
She is going to take cost of the publish from incumbent Manoj Yadava, who is because of superannuate on July 31.
Mishra would be the first lady officer to go the RPF, which is entrusted with the duty of safety of railway property and passengers, amongst different duties, the officers stated.
She is at present posted as the extra director basic (choice), Madhya Pradesh Police.
The RPF was constituted by an Act of Parliament in 1957. The pressure may enquire, arrest and prosecute the offenders concerned in illegal possession of railway property in 1966. It was given the standing of “an armed pressure of the Union” on September 20, 1985.
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Mishra was in July 2021 appointed the primary lady commander to go the BSF formation alongside the India-Pakistan border in Punjab.
Mishra has led the pressure’s formation within the Kashmir valley because the inspector basic (IG) apart from heading the BSF’s intelligence wing. She additionally labored because the ADG within the BSF.
Mishra is a recipient of PPMDS (President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service) and PMMS (Police Medal for Meritorious Service).