The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of PC Thakur, an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the 1979 batch (Gujarat cadre), as Director General, Fire Services, Civil Defence and Home Guards (FS,CD&HG).  The appointment is for a period upto the date of his superannuation, that is 31.12.2016, from the date of assumption of the charge or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

An IPS officer of 1979 batch, Thakur will be the third senior officer from Gujarat to be shifted to Delhi in the past one year, after A K Sharma, who was appointed as CBI joint director, and A K Asthaana, who recently joined him as additional director.

Geeta Johri appointed as first woman DGP of Gujarat

The Gujarat government appointed Geeta Johri as the Director General of Police (DGP). With this appointment, Johri becomes the first female DGP of Gujarat. She also has the distinction of being the Gujarat’s first woman IPS officer.

On April 16, 2015, Johri was promoted from the rank of Additional DGP to Director General of Police days after the CBI(Central Bureau of Investigation) dropped charges against her in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, but continued serving as Managing Director of the Gujarat State Police Housing Corporation until 14th April, 2016.

Johri began her career in Ahmedabad in 1982 after clearing the IAS exam. She also served as the principal of police training school at Vadodara for sometime.