Woman IPS officer Sanjukta Parashar to head Bhopal-Ujjain train blast probe

Assam cadre IPS officer Sanjukta Parashar is heading the National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into the March 7 blast in Bhopal-Ujjain passenger train.The 2006 batch IPS officer shot into news when the video showing her taking on the Bodo militants in Assam jungles had gone viral a few years ago.She was considered a terror for militants in Assam for her ruthless and audacious counterinsurgency operations in militancy-infested regions in Assam.

She has already visited Sujalpur where the blast in the train was carried out by suspected ISIS terrorists Mohmmad Danish, Atif Muzzaffar and Syed Mir Hussein. They were arrested by MP ATS barely four hours after the incident. All the three accused were remanded to NIA custody till March 27 by a local court here on Thursday.She is married to Assam cadre IAS officer P.Gupta and has a son.