By Admin 
Shobha Ohatkar, a 1990 batch IPS officer and Director General of Home Defense Corps and Fire Service, who has a strong temper and can shatter the plans of criminals in a moment, is retiring today on Tuesday, 30th June. A farewell ceremony program has been organized today at the Central Training Institute of Bihar Home Defense Vahini located in Bihta Anandpur, Patna.
Bihar Police will definitely feel the absence of Shobha Ohtkar. She is known in Bihar as a tough and tough IPS officer who gets rid of criminals and mafia. She became an IPS officer for the first time at the age of 22 and took charge as Patna City ASP in her first posting in 1992.
The next phase of the movement will be announced in Bharat Tiwari’s tribute meeting, posters put up at various places.
The criminals used to get goosebumps
It is said that at that time, when a young IPS officer used to walk on the streets with a bullet, the criminals would get goosebumps. At that time, crime was at its peak, incidents like murder, robbery, dacoity, kidnapping and extortion took place indiscriminately. At that time, in the district where she used to go as SP, she used to win the trust of the people and crime was reduced by more than 50%.
Shobha Ohatkar was born in Pune
Shobha Ohatkar was born in Pune. He did MA in Politics from Hyderabad after which he passed the Civil Services examination. His father Balram Ahotkar has been Excise Commissioner in Hyderabad. Shobha Ohtkar has always given credit for her success to her father. He has a son and a daughter. She got divorced from her husband a long time ago.
Now let us discuss the feat of Shobha Ohatkar, which was not only talked about in Bihar but in the entire country and her feat was registered in the Guinness Book of Records. Shobha Ohatkar had been SP in 6 districts of Bihar from 1992 to 2000 and was very popular wherever she was SP. At that time Bihar and Jharkhand were together. In the year 2000, she went to Maharashtra on central deputation and then came back to Bihar in 2020 and was promoted and made DG.
Shobha has been SP of 6 districts
Apart from Patna, Shobha has been SP in 6 districts including Darbhanga, Hazaribagh, Chhapra, Vaishali, Deoghar. The most discussed issue was the establishment of posts in Hazaribagh and Deoghar districts. When she became the SP of Hazaribagh district, she took swift action against the coal mafia and seized coal worth crores of rupees and sent more than 40 coal smugglers to jail, including many big coal mafias. That incident became a topic of discussion in the entire country and a record was registered in the Guinness Book in this incident.
Strict action against crime against women, beating on the middle of the road
Shobha Ohtkar used to create so much terror among the criminals that after catching her, she was called “Hunter madam” because she was beaten with a hunter. In fact, when she was posted in Deoghar district, she came across many incidents of misbehavior with women. Women were also misbehaved near Baijnath Dham temple, on which Shobha Ohatkar took strong action. She used to catch criminals and beat them with Hunter in the middle of the road.
It is said that he was posted in Darbhanga in 1998. At that time, there used to be many incidents of kidnapping there. When the investigation of the case was taken to the end through investigation, such incidents were controlled. But many white-washed people were also involved in it and had to face many challenges but Shobha stood firm.
Many big criminal gangs were eliminated in Vaishali.
While being the SP of Vaishali district, he had eliminated many big criminal gangs. 16 to 17 gangs were completely eliminated in Diara area of Raghopur. She always kept saying that an IPS should have all kinds of experience. Must have CID, Special Branch and 15 years of field experience.
In the year 2023, the dispute between him and IG Vikas Vaibhav was in the headlines. IG Vikas Vaibhav had posted on social media and alleged that DG Shobha Ohtkar abuses and mentally tortures him and his family. Later this matter also came to the notice of the government.
However, Shobha Ohatkar completely rejected all these allegations and talked about indiscipline and obstruction in work. Apart from these controversies, she is also known for modernization and reform of fire services and home guards in Bihar.
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