Damayanti Sen-IPS officer who challenged State Govt. and cracked rape case

She is a graduate in Economics from Jadavpur University. Damayanti is the 1996 batch IPS officer. She is the first woman to hold the seat of Deputy Commissioner Detective Department (DCDD) in the history of Kolkata police. She is Kolkata’s first woman joint commissioner of police and was instrumental in cracking the infamous Park Street rape.The gang rape case was in such a controversy, that there were lots of fabrication & conspiracy going around in order to save the accused. But officer Sen stood by the survivor moved ahead with the investigation and caught the four accused of doing such a heinous crime.But this brave officer was called by the state secretariat and asked to explain her deed. The comprehended dis-settlement between the officer and the Chief Minister of West Bengal was more than obvious, triggering a controversy about CM’s alleged insensitivity.State in order to overlap their conspiracy and to prove that the transfer was for a bonafide intention, they included the name of Ms.Sen for receiving the Police Medal for Meritorious Services and the President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Services in the first category.