Roopa Divakar Moudgil is a 2000 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of Karnataka. She is one of the mostnpopular IPS officers of India in the contemporary times. An officer who hasnalways been at loggerheads with both BJP and Congress was also instrumental innbringing to the fore an open secret – that is the privilege treatment given tonVIPs in Indian jail. The prisoner was Sasikala. In fact, Roopa was transferrednto the jail department as a shunting post. But, she has shown the power of annIPS officer even here. Needless to say, she was again transferred out.
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nRoopa started her journey fromnDavangere. She had that dream of becoming an IPS officer. Her rank was goodnenough to fetch IAS. But, she is made of different material.
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nFollowing is the brief wiki andnbiography of Divakar Roopa Moudgil:
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nReal Name: DivakarnRoopa Moudgil
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nNick Name: D. Roopa
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nDate of Birth:
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nFather: A Davangere based Government servant who always tried his best to givenbest possible upbringing to two of his daughters. Roopa is an IPS and thensecond daughter Rohini is an IRS officer.
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nMother: She was also a Government employee.
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nEducational Qualification: Roopa didngraduation from AVK College, Davangere. She started to prepare for CivilnServices after graduation. She cracked UPSC Civil Services Examination with AllnIndia Rank of 43 in her first attempt.
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nReligion: Hindu
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nCaste: Lingayat
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nBirth Place: Davangere,nKarnataka
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nAwards, News and Recognition: During college days, Roopa had won Ms. Davangere Beauty Pageant.
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nShe hasnwon many national and international accolades and prizes for her exemplary worknas a police officer, including the coveted President’s Medal.
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nRoopa isnthe first woman IPS officer from Karnataka.
The former DGP, Prison of Karnataka had filed a defamation case against her for the revelation that Ms. Roopa had made against Sashikala. Recently, the Karnataka High Court has quashed this defamation case against her.
Roopa was recently in news for her catfight against Rohini Sindhuri, a popular IAS officer of Karnataka. She had levelled 19 allegations against Rohini. But, the most serious one was the allegation that Rohini had leaked nude photos of Roopa to three male IAS officers.
It was Roopa who had arrested the then CM of MP Ms. Uma Bharti in 2004 in Dharwad. That arrest had resulted in a riot killing six people in the district. That has also terminated the political career of Uma Bharti in MP and subsequent rise of Shiv Raj Singh Chauhan.
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nSalary: Rs. 85, 000 per month
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nRelationship Status: Roopa isnmarried to Manish Moudgil. Manish is an IAS officer of Karnataka cadren(originally Odisha cadre).
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