India's first woman DGP passes away
Mumbai, Aug 27 (UNI) First woman Director General of Police (DGP), Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya, has passed away here due to illness.
Bhattacharya, a 1973 batch IPS officer, died in a private hospital here on Monday night, after suffering from multiple aliments, official sources said on Tuesday.
She made a history when she was appointed as the DGP of Uttarakhand in the year 2004. Bhattacharya retired from the same post in 2007.
After retirement, she took a plunge into politics by contesting the 2014 Lok Sabha election on an Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) ticket from Haridwar constituency.
However, she could not make it to the Lower House of Parliament.
According to sources, her last rites will be performed in Uttarakhand.
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