"I write, sing, shoot": Who is D Roopa? 10 things about this Karnataka cadre IPS

D Roopa (photo courtesy: Twitter)

IN 2000, D Roopa secured 43rd rank in the UPSC examinations. But she opted for IPS, not IAS. On Monday, this Karnataka cadre IPS officer was the news in prime time television as she was shunted out in less than a week after she had red-flagged alleged irregularities and corruptions for providing special treatment to high-profile jail inmate and AIADMK chief VK Sasikala. Without getting into the merits and the demerits of the case, BoI here picks out 10 things about this IPS officer:

Safety in India’s Silicon Valley: When 2 motorcycle-borne men bully an IAS officer in the heart of Bengaluru

Munish Moudgil

THIS incident questions the safety of the citizens living in Bengaluru, dubbed as India’s Silicon Valley. The story is about Munish Moudgil, a 1998 batch Karnataka cadre IAS, who was allegedly bullied and assaulted by two motorcycle-borne men when the officer went out for jogging at night last week. Moudgil’s wife, D Roopa, is incidentally an IPS officer working as Bengaluru’s joint commissioner of police. It was past 11 pm on October 14, when Moudgil went out for…