Yamin Hazarika dies at 43

NEW DELHI, July 24: Yamin Hazarika, deputy commissioner of police (crime against women), known for her impeccable track record in the force, including a three-month stint in Bosnia, died on July 24. She was 43. Hazarika, the first women from Assam to have cleared the police service exams, is survived by her 13-year-old daughter and her son, aged nine. It was in Bosnia, where she was posted as part of the UN peacekeeping force, that she was found to be suffering from leukaemia. Treatment began only in when she returned last September, at Mumbai's Tata Institute and at AIIMS where she passed away. A 1977 batch DANIPS (Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Police Service) officer, she was serving her second term as the DCP (crime against women) in Delhi. Her husband, Rajeev Sagar, is an IPS officer from the Haryana cadre. Many journalists remember her as a very helpful officer, who even tossed up ideas and always got back when contacted.