{
  "id": 7727520,
  "title": "Sanjukta Parashar Takes Charge Of CoBRA: Who Is Assam’s 'Iron Lady' And Her Rise Through IPS?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/sanjukta-parashar-takes-charge-of-cobra-who-is-assams-iron-lady-and",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T06:01:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/sanjukta-parashar-takes-charge-of-cobra-who-is-assams-iron-lady-and-her-rise-through-ips"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Sanjukta Parashar, a 2006-batch IPS officer of the Assam-Meghalaya cadre, has become the first woman officer to head the CRPF’s elite CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action) as Inspector General. Known as the “Iron Lady of Assam”, Parashar has built her reputation through field policing, counter-insurgency operations and national security investigations. She has served in challenging…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times",
        "title": "‘Iron Lady’ Sanjukta Parashar becomes 1st woman to head CRPF’s CoBRA unit",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/iron-lady-sanjukta-parashar-becomes-1st-woman-to-head-crpfs-cobra-unit",
        "published": "2026-09-16T05:43:35.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "NDTV - India News",
        "title": "Sanjukta Parashar: Assam Cop Is CRPF CoBRA's 1st Woman Chief",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/sanjukta-parashar-assam-cop-is-crpf-cobras-1st-woman-chief",
        "published": "2026-09-16T07:48:06.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}