Raka Ghirra became the first woman Punjab Police officer to be posted as a DSP in Mohali district in 2007
Was recruited as an inspector in 1999 on compassionate grounds following her husband Ranbir’s death in a road accident in 1994. He was then a DSP in Sangrur
Past postings as SHO were mostly in Mohali district which included SHO of Phase VIII police station in Mohali and at Mullanpur, Sohana and Matour police stations between 2000 and 2007
Was briefly posted in Fatehgarh Sahib district in 2005 before being promoted to DSP and posted as the In-charge of Mohali traffic wing
Senior police officers avoided handing her investigations of sensitive cases. There were specific instructions not to give her any major investigation. Other than handling routine paperwork, no major case had been handed over to her in the last eight months
Even the case involving fraud with NRI woman Nirmala Brar regarding her three-kanal plot at Kansal village (in which Rakka had been trapped while taking bribe by the CBI) had been handed over to Rajwinder Singh Sohal, who was earlier posted as Mohali (City-II) DSP. The case was later “inadvertently” referred to her for investigation
While posted as Sohana police station SHO in 2003, the Punjab Vigilance Bureau received a complaint of her being unfair while investigating a case but did not proceed against her. Another complaint surfaced against her when she was posted as Mohali DSP. The bureau again chose to overlook the complaint
Was transferred thrice out of Mohali but managed to return
Being the only woman DSP to be posted in Mohali, Ghirra was honoured during the district-level Independence Day function in 2005. The Bharat Vikas Parishad had honoured her on Women’s Day. Social organisations often invited her for seminars, especially on women empowerment
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