Damayanti Sen Explained

Department:West Bengal Police
Kolkata Police Force
Years:1996 - present
Rank:ADGP
Badgenumber:19961006[1]
Batch:1996
Cadre:West Bengal
Country: India
Awards: Police Medal (2014)

Damayanti Sen (born 13 January 1970) is an Indian Police Service officer of the 1996 intake from the West Bengal cadre. She holds the rank of Additional Director General of Police in West Bengal Police.[2]

Birth and education

She was born in Kolkata, West Bengal on 13 January 1970. She earned an M.A degree in Economics.[1]

Career

She was appointed as probation officer in Kolkata since 1996. Sen was earlier served as Deputy commissioner of police in North, Central zone and Detective department in Kolkata Police.[3] Sen was the first female joint commissioner of police in Kolkata Police.[4]

Sen was transferred to WBP in different departments at Swami Vivekananda State Police Academy, Barrackpore, Darjeeling division,[5] Barrackpore PC and Criminal Investigation Department.

In 2022, Chief Justice Prakash Srivastava and Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj of the Calcutta High Court's Division Bench issued an order designating Sen to lead the inquiry into the four rape cases in Deganga, Matia, Ingrezbazar, and Banshdroni.[6] [7]

2012 Park Street rape case

In 2012, she won over the public's affection with her relentless pursuit and successful resolution of the investigation regarding the alleged rape of an Anglo-Indian woman Suzette Jordan in a moving car at Park Street. Though Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee dismissed the incident as fabricated.[8] Under her team, they arrested three people to confirm that the mother of two had indeed been raped.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: IPS . IPS e-Book Civil List 2023 . 2024-03-03 . Ministry of Home Affairs (India).
  2. Web site: MP . Team . 2023-06-07 . Damayanti Sen transferred to West Bengal Police training wing . 2024-03-03 . www.millenniumpost.in . en.
  3. Web site: Damayanti Sen back in city police after seven years . 2024-03-03 . www.telegraphindia.com . en.
  4. Web site: 2022-04-14 . Bengal: Officer who cracked Park Street case asked to monitor rape probes . 2024-03-03 . The Indian Express . en.
  5. Web site: 2013-02-09 . IPS Damayanti Sen transferred again, now Darjeeling DIG . 2024-03-03 . Zee News . en.
  6. Web site: 2022-04-23 . Calcutta HC asks IPS officer Damayanti Sen to supervise 5th Bengal rape probe . 2024-03-03 . Hindustan Times . en.
  7. Web site: Damayanti Sen, who solved Park Street case, ordered to oversee probe into 4 recent rapes in Bengal . 2024-03-03 . India Today . en.
  8. News: 2012-04-04 . Woman IPS officer who cracked Kolkata rape case shifted . 2024-03-03 . The Times of India . 0971-8257.
  9. Web site: Kolkata: Police officer who solved Park Street rape case removed . 2024-03-03 . India Today . en.