D. Roopa

File:Pics of roopa 1318.jpg and Minister for Science & Technology Sri Raja Ramanna; as Best National Cadet Corps (NCC) cadet, represented Karnataka in New Delhi while in class 9.]]

D. Roopa was born in Davanagere. Her father is J. S. Diwakar, a retired engineer, and her mother is Hemavathi.{{Cite web|title=Sasikala bribegate: Seven things you did not know about DIG Roopa|url=https://newsable.asianetnews.com/karnataka/sasikala-bribegate-seven-things-you-did-not-know-about-dig-roopa|access-date=2020-10-04|website=Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd|language=en}} She has one younger sister, Rohini Divakar, a Joint Commissioner of Income Tax in the Indian Revenue Service.{{Cite web|date=January 3, 2011|first=Manu|last=Aiyappa|title=Taking the ups and downs together|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/Taking-the-ups-and-downs-together/articleshow/7207429.cms|access-date=2020-10-04|website=The Times of India|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Doval|first=Sharan Poovanna, Nikita|date=2017-07-18|title=D. Roopa: the 'outsider' top cop of Karnataka|url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/B3bLyJ3QVZbD1yFYapLcFI/D-Roopa-the-outsider-top-cop-of-Karnataka.html|access-date=2020-10-04|website=mint|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Provoke Lifestyle|url=http://provokelifestyle.org/2020/02/05/good-work-always-speaks-for-itself/|access-date=2020-10-04|language=en}}

Roopa graduated from Kuvempu University and completed a Master of Arts in Psychology from Bangalore University.{{cite news|title=D. Roopa: the 'outsider' top cop of Karnataka|url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/B3bLyJ3QVZbD1yFYapLcFI/D-Roopa-the-outsider-top-cop-of-Karnataka.html|access-date=18 July 2017|work=livemint.com|publisher=livemint|date=18 July 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.babusofindia.com/2017/07/i-write-sing-shoot-who-is-d-roopa-10.html|title="I write, sing, shoot": Who is D Roopa?|website=babusofindia.com|publisher=babusofindia|access-date=18 July 2017}} Roopa is a trained Bharatnatyam dancer. She released a music video on 2018's International Women's Day.{{cite news|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2018/mar/10/bengaluru-tough-cop-d-roopa-releases-music-video-to-inspire-women-1784703.html|title=Bengaluru: Tough cop D Roopa releases music video to inspire women|date=10 March 2018|work=newindianexpress|access-date=10 March 2018|publisher=newindianexpress}}{{cite web|url=https://kannada.oneindia.com/literature/people/2012/0308-woman-of-substance-d-roopa-moudgil-aid0038.html|title=ದಿಟ್ಟ ಪ್ರತಿಭಾವಂತ ಪೊಲೀಸ್ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿ ರೂಪಾ ಮೌದ್ಗೀಲ್|website=kannada.oneindia.com|date=8 March 2012 |access-date=8 March 2012}}

In 2003, Roopa married Munish Moudgil, an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and an Indian Administrative Service officer. They have two children.

Roopa ranked 43rd out of 2,000 in the Union Public Service Commission examinations.{{Cite news|title = I write, sing, shoot Who is D Roopa? 10 things about this Karnataka cadre IPS|url = http://www.babusofindia.com/2017/07/i-write-sing-shoot-who-is-d-roopa-10.html|newspaper = babusofindia | date =18 July 2017 }}

Soon after training, Roopa was posted as Superintendent of police in the Dharwad district. She also held the same post in the Gadag district and the Yadgir district before moving to Bengaluru.{{cite news|title=Taking the ups and downs together|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/Taking-the-ups-and-downs-together/articleshow/7207429.cms|access-date=3 January 2011|work=timesofindia|date=3 January 2011}}

In 2007, she arrested then-Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and former Union Minister Uma Bharati. In 2008, she arrested Yavagal, an ex-minister, and suspended her subordinate, Deputy Superintendent Masooti for continuously contacting Yavagal.{{cite web|title=Illegal convoy cars use by Yeddyurappa|url=http://praja.in/kn/blog/psaram42/2013/02/24/illegal-convoy-cars-use-yeddyurappa|website=praja.in|access-date=24 February 2013}}

She became the first female police officer to head the Cyber-Crime police division in 2013. While she was the DCP, City Armed Reserve in Bengaluru, she withdrew 216 unauthorised orderlies from 81 politicians.{{Cite web |date=2017-07-14 |title=The officer who took on her boss |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2017/Jul/14/the-officer-who-took-on-her-boss-1628501.html |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}} She also withdrew 8 new and unauthorized SUVs of the department that remained with the ex-Chief Minister of Karnataka.{{cite web |title=Outlook Speakout is Women Empowerment. |url=http://speakout.outlookindia.com/#special_guest |publisher=Outlook |access-date=22 September 2018}}

In July 2017, Roopa was transferred from her post as Deputy Inspector General Prisons, a post she took shortly before becoming the commissioner for traffic and road safety. Days after she found irregularities inside the jail, she alleged that AIADMK (Amma) general secretary V K Sasikala was receiving VIP treatment at Parappana Agrahara Central Prison. In a report submitted to the Home Department and Director General of Police (DGP) for Prison Department H N Sathyanarayana Rao, in which Deputy Inspector General (Prisons) Roopa claimed that Sasikala was being provided with VIP treatment in jail: a whole corridor comprising five cells had been set aside for her private use, there was an exclusive kitchen to cook meals for her, and visiting hours were relaxed in exchange for a Rs 2-crore bribe to jail officials.{{cite news |title=Sasikala paid Rs-2 crore bribe for VIP treatment in jail say officials|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/sasikala-paid-rs-2-crore-bribe-for-vip-treatment-in-jail-say-officials-tamil-nadu-4748396// |agency=Indian express |date=17 July 2017}}

In January 2019, a high-level probe led by retired IAS officer Vinay Kumar, acting as an independent inquiry committee, looked into these allegations of irregularities and confirmed "serious lapses" and "falsification of records" on the part of senior prison officials in extending special treatment to V.K. Sasikala. A case was registered with Anti Corruption Bureau based on her report. The inquiry committee also found that prison officials were aware that the cells were provided to Sasikala for private use.{{cite news |title=Probe confirms Sasikala got special treatment |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/probe-confirms-sasikala-got-special-treatment/article26039703.ece |access-date=21 January 2019 |agency=The Hindu |publisher=The Hindu News |date=21 January 2019}}

She was selected by the Israel Foreign Ministry to be part of their Hasbara effort to "discover Israel delegation" to promote ties between the two countries.

She had been transferred 41 times in 17 years until 2017 and has faced privilege motions for naming politicians in FIRs. She also faced a defamation case seeking Rs. 20 crore by DGP Satyanarayana,{{cite news|title=Always followed rule of law, says Karnataka IPS officer D Roopa|url=https://theprint.in/theprint-interview/always-followed-rule-of-law-says-karnataka-ips-officer-d-roopa/38589/|access-date=28 February 2018|work=theprint|publisher=theprint|date=28 February 2018}} This case was quashed by the Karnataka High Court in June 2022.{{Cite web |date=June 16, 2022 |title=Karnataka high court quashes case on IPS officer D Roopa |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/karnataka-high-court-quashes-case-on-ips-officer-d-roopa/articleshow/92240690.cms |access-date=2022-07-05 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}

A Karnataka court has directed the police to file a criminal defamation case against IPS officer D. Roopa Moudgil for allegedly posting objectionable pictures and videos of IAS officer Rohini Sindhuri and for accusing her of unethical practices.{{Cite web |date=2023-03-26 |title=Roopa IPS vs Rohini IAS: Karnataka court orders criminal defamation case on Roopa |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/roopa-ips-vs-rohini-ias-karnataka-court-orders-criminal-defamation-case-roopa-175067 |access-date=2023-07-10 |website=The News Minute |language=en}}

She was awarded the President's Police Medal for Meritorious Service in 2016.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/Police-medals-for-23-in-State/article14020585.ece|title=Police medals for 23 in State|newspaper=The Hindu|date=25 January 2016 |publisher=The Hindu News|access-date=26 January 2016}}

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