By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net,
Kolkata: Rupsina Parvin is the first Muslim women Sub-Inspector of the West Bengal police now working in Government Railway Police (GRP) at Howrah. Rupsina joined as Sub-Inspector of after qualifying in the state public service commission exams for police recruitment of Government of West Bengal on 30 January, 2012 and was directly posted as Sub-Inspector of Police in GRP police station at Howrah Railway Station.
Rupsina Parvin is from Mirjapur Village of Charghat Gram Panchayat area under Swarupnagar Block of North 24 Parganas district. Her father Basarat Hossain is a retired Government employee of the Land and Land Reform Department in the state. Rupsina told TCN that, her father’s dream was to see her only daughter in the state public service, and she finally qualified PSC exams of Government of WB.
Rupsina Parvin
After her secondary examinations (Madhyamik) with first division from Chatra Netaji Balika Sikshaniketan in 1997, Rupsina studied Senior Secondary level (HS) at Rajballavpur High School in Commerce stream. She loved Mathematics, Statics and accountancy subjects, and wanted to become a Chartered Accountant or High level Accounts officer earlier.
Rupsina told TCN that her mother Selima Khatun inspired her to appear for different service examinations. In 2009, she appeared for her first written examinations for the post of Sub-Inspector and qualified. She then passed the mandatory physical tests and interviews and was finally recruited to the post of Sub-Inspector post at GRP police station of Howrah.
She had to undergo 13 months training. She told TCN that she was thankful to DIG Damayanti Sen, Chanchal Banerjee who helped and guided her like own parents during training.
Rupsina has made history by becoming the first Muslim woman to become SI.
Although Rupsina has joined the service, she still aspires to become an IPS officer, and is hence continuing with her preparations.
She told TCN that one of her priority would be see to it that no women is harassed in the Howrah GRP jurisdiction. She acknowledged that there are reports of several girls being trafficked through Howrah station and that she would take it challenge to protect women at the station.
Several Muslim women who join as constables have later been promoted to become SI, but Rupsina is the first Muslim woman to join directly the service. She also urged the women to come forward to join the service.