Inspector Poonam Dilawari, who rose from the rank of constable, today became the first woman police inspector in the history of the UT Police to be posted as Station House Officer (SHO). Inspector Dilawari, who assumed charge this evening as SHO of the Sector 3 police station, will be responsible for maintaining law and order and investigating crime in the city’s VVIP portion, which houses two state Governors and Chief Ministers, both Punjab and Haryana cabinet ministers, High Court judges, top rung bureaucrats and police officials in addition to the who’s who of the city.
Dilawari, who has so far spent 21 years with the Chandigarh Police, joined the force as a constable in 1990 and had cleared the assistant sub-inspector recruitment exam within the first year of her service (1991). She was promoted to sub-inspector in 1996 and then inspector in June, 2010.
She has held difficult assignments of in-charge of police posts in Sector 43, Dhanas village and Pulsora village. She has also been the in-charge of the Traffic Park in Sector 23. Last year, she became the first woman to be appointed as PRO of the UT Police.
“I am elated to be assigned this responsibility and will give it my best. It feels good to be the first woman SHO and my family has been supportive throughout,” said Poonam. In December last year, she was among three women non-gazetted officials (inspector level) to be selected for posting to a UN peace support mission. She has yet to be assigned for a UN posting.
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