The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has posted its first-ever woman inspector general, IPS officer Charu Sinha, to head the formation in the Kashmir Valley, reported PTI quoting officials said on Tuesday.

A 1996-batch officer of the Telangana cadre, Sinha has been appointed as the IG of CRPF’s Srinagar sector that oversees the deployment of the paramilitary forces’ battalions in Srinagar city of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

At present, Sinha is serving as the CRPF IG in Jammu and earlier she headed the CRPF formation in Bihar, which includes the deployment of the force in anti-Naxal operations in that state.

A few years ago, the Border Security Force posted Sonali Mishra, IPS officer of the 1993-batch Madhya Pradesh cadre, as IG in Kashmir.

The CRPF headquarters on Monday also posted nine other inspectors general, including 1997-batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre Deepak Ratan, to head the Kashmir operations formation of the CRPF in the valley.

The Kashmir operations formation oversees the deployment of CRPF battalions in the Kashmir valley except for Srinagar.

Ratan will replace IPS officer Rajesh Kumar, who has been posted as the IG (Northern sector) in Delhi.