Geetha Johri takes over as DGP, Gujarat. She is the state's first woman DGP-level officer. She replaced PP Pandey, who resigned as DGP over the Ishrat Jahan case.

The CBI dropped charges against Johri in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case. She has also served as MD of the Gujarat State Police Housing Corporation.

Johri began her career in Ahmedabad in 1982 after clearing the IAS exam. She also served as the principal of police training school at Vadodara for sometime.

In 2006, Johri, who was posted in Criminal Investigation Department (CID), headed the investigations into the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter and the killing of his wife Kausar Bi. She was appointed to the case after Sohrabuddin's brother Rubabuddin filed a petition in the Supreme Court.

She gathered evidence that confirmed that the encounter was 'fake' and implicated the role of several officers in the fake encounter. The evidences led to the arrest of 13 police officers, including ex-Gujarat cop DIG DG Vanzara, SP Rajkumar Pandian and Dinesh MN.