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|department=[[West Bengal Police]]<br>[[Kolkata Police Force]]<br />
|service_years=1996 - present<br />
|rank=[[Additional Director General of Police|ADGP]]<br />
|badge_number=19961006<ref name ='A'>{{Cite web |last=IPS |title=IPS e-Book Civil List 2023 |url=https://ips.gov.in/CL2023/index.html |access-date=2024-03-03 |website=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)]]}}</ref><br />
|batch=1996<br />
|cadre=West Bengal<br />
|country={{flag|India}}<br />
|awards=[[File:IND_Police_Medal_for_Gallantry.png|30px]] [[Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_India#Police_awards|Police Medal]] (2014)<ref name ='A'/><br />
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'''Damayanti Sen''' (born 13 January 1970) is an [[Indian Police Service]] officer of the 1996 intake from the [[West Bengal]] cadre. She holds the rank of [[Additional director general of police|Additional Director General of Police]] in [[West Bengal Police]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=MP |first=Team |date=2023-06-07 |title=Damayanti Sen transferred to West Bengal Police training wing |url=https://www.millenniumpost.in/bengal/damayanti-sen-transferred-to-west-bengal-police-training-wing-521281 |access-date=2024-03-03 |website=www.millenniumpost.in |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Birth and education==<br />
She was born in Kolkata, West Bengal on 13 January 1970. She earned an M.A degree in Economics.<ref name ='A'/><br />
== Career ==<br />
She was appointed as probation officer in Kolkata since 1996. Sen was earlier served as Deputy commissioner of police in North, Central zone and Detective department in Kolkata Police.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Damayanti Sen back in city police after seven years |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/damayanti-sen-back-in-city-police-after-seven-years/cid/1703761 |access-date=2024-03-03 |website=www.telegraphindia.com |language=en}}</ref> Sen was the first female [[joint commissioner of police]] in [[Kolkata Police]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-14 |title=Bengal: Officer who cracked Park Street case asked to monitor rape probes |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/bengal-officer-who-cracked-park-street-case-asked-to-monitor-rape-probes-7868352/ |access-date=2024-03-03 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Sen was transferred to WBP in different departments at [[West Bengal Police#Organisation#SVSPA|Swami Vivekananda State Police Academy, Barrackpore]], [[Darjeeling district|Darjeeling]] division,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-02-09 |title=IPS Damayanti Sen transferred again, now Darjeeling DIG |url=https://zeenews.india.com/news/west-bengal/ips-damayanti-sen-transferred-again-now-darjeeling-dig_827961.html |access-date=2024-03-03 |website=Zee News |language=en}}</ref> [[Barrackpore Police Commissionerate|Barrackpore PC]] and [[Criminal Investigation Department (India)|Criminal Investigation Department]].<ref name=":0" /><br />
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In 2022, Chief Justice [[Prakash Shrivastava|Prakash Srivastava]] and Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj of the [[Calcutta High Court]]'s Division Bench issued an order designating Sen to lead the inquiry into the four rape cases in [[Deganga]], [[Matiali (community development block)|Matia]], [[Ingrez Bazaar|Ingrezbazar]], and [[Bansdroni|Banshdroni]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-23 |title=Calcutta HC asks IPS officer Damayanti Sen to supervise 5th Bengal rape probe |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/kolkata-news/calcutta-hc-asks-ips-officer-damayanti-sen-to-supervise-5th-bengal-rape-probe-101650654929410.html |access-date=2024-03-03 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Damayanti Sen, who solved Park Street case, ordered to oversee probe into 4 recent rapes in Bengal |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/damayanti-sen-high-court-order-bengal-rape-cases-1936504-2022-04-12 |access-date=2024-03-03 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== 2012 Park Street rape case ==<br />
In 2012, she successfully resolved the investigation regarding the alleged rape of an Anglo-Indian woman [[Suzette Jordan]] in a moving car at [[Park Street, Kolkata|Park Street]]. Even though Chief Minister [[Mamata Banerjee]] dismissed the incident as fabricated,<ref>{{Cite news |date=2012-04-04 |title=Woman IPS officer who cracked Kolkata rape case shifted |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/woman-ips-officer-who-cracked-kolkata-rape-case-shifted/articleshow/12537286.cms |access-date=2024-03-03 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> her team arrested three people and confirmed that the mother of two had indeed been raped.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kolkata: Police officer who solved Park Street rape case removed |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/south/story/kolkata-police-officer-who-solved-park-street-rape-case-removed-98093-2012-04-03 |access-date=2024-03-03 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref><br />
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