She has assumed various positions in Uttar Pradesh Police at places like Firozabad, Mathura, Allahabad,Badayun, Etawah, Muzaffarnagar and Lucknow.
After completing her education, she worked for three years in a private firm, before clearing the prestigious entrance test for civil services.
[10] It is believed that Saini and then District Magistrate of Muzaffarnagar played important role in controlling the situation after murder of two Jat youths in Kawal village.
Shravan Sahu was an oil trader, who was leading a battle in court to seek justice for the murder of his son, who was shot dead in 2016.
After the incident took place, Saini publicly accepted that it was a failure of the police force, which was not able to provide him security.
[17] However, in 2023, departmental inquiry by a committee of some senior police officers, which was initiated on the recommendation of CBI, gave Saini clean chit in the matter.
[19] In 2018, while she was working as the Senior Superintendent of Police for Meerut, she was embroiled in a controversy over her statement about a victim of eve teasing.
Saini, after investigation, claimed that the alleged stalker and the victim girl were earlier in a relationship, which went wrong , leading to her suicide.