New Delhi, Dec. 14 -- Kerala's first woman IPS officer, R Sreelekha (64), is frontrunner for Kerala's Mayor's post. Sreelekha won from the Sasthamangalam ward in the Thiruvananthapuram corporation in the recently-concluded Kerala local body polls.

If she's chosen, Sreelekha would become the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) first mayor in the state. Some reports speculate that she could also be considered for the Deputy Mayor's post.

IPR (retired) R Sreelekha: R Sreelekha is best known as Kerala's first woman IPS officer. She retired as the Director General of Police (DGP) of Kerala.

Born and brought up in Thiruvananthapuram, Sreelekha became Kerala's first woman IPS officer in January 1987.

According to news agency PTI, Sreelekha's care...