The buzz around Sanjukta Parasor is more than a 10-year career with the police usually warrants. But then, little about the Assistant Inspector-General from Assam Police is usual.
First are her educational qualifications. A political science graduate from Delhi University, the 37-year-old sports fiend from Guwahati has an M. Phil and a doctorate from the Centre for US and Latin American Studies at JNU, New Delhi and a Master’s in Police Administration. Then comes her attitude to policing.
As SP in Jorhat and Sonitpur, she introduced training in crowd control and investigation procedures for her fellow policemen. She also started a ‘Police Volunteer for a Day’ programme for the youth to “help sensitise them about police work.”
While she doesn’t like talking about it, Parasor’s fight against militancy has earned her a lot of admirers. As SP of the counter-insurgency prone district of Sonitpur, from 2014 to 2016, she was instrumental in curtailing the insurgent activities of the NDFB(S) and ULFA militant cadres.
“It is a matter of security, so all I will say is that I have been involved in all stages from intelligence collection to carrying out operations.”
But she does admit to planning the structured resettlement of surrendered militant cadres. Interested in a variety of subjects, Parasor likes to spearhead women empowerment programmes as much as support NGOs working to protect Assam’s Rhinos. She is also a recipient of Commendation Medals from the Director-General of Police, Assam and DG of the CRPF.