Yogi Government transfers 20 senior IPS officers in major Uttar Pradesh Police reshuffle

The Yogi Adityanath government on Wednesday carried out a major administrative reshuffle in the Uttar Pradesh Police, transferring 20 senior IPS officers with immediate effect.

Additional Director General (ADG) of Prayagraj Zone Sanjeev Gupta has been removed from his post and attached to Lucknow. He has been replaced by Jyoti Narayan, who was earlier posted at PTS Jalaun and has now been given charge of the Prayagraj Zone.

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In Lucknow, Joint Commissioner of Police Amit Verma has been transferred to the Economic Offences Wing (EOW), while Aparna Kumar has been appointed as the new Joint Commissioner of Police, Lucknow. Meanwhile, Kiran S., who recently returned from central deputation, has been posted as Inspector General (IG) of the Lucknow Range.

ADG (Human Rights) Ram Kumar has been assigned the additional responsibility of ADG, Logistics. Rajkumar has taken over as ADG, Human Rights in his place.

IPS officer of the 2000 batch, Prashant Kumar, has been relieved of the charge of ADG, Police Headquarters, and will now hold only the responsibility of ADG, Administration. Similarly, Tarun Gaba has been promoted to the rank of ADG from his earlier post as IG (Security).

ADG Kanpur Ashutosh Kumar has been posted as ADG in the Uttar Pradesh Police Recruitment and Promotion Board. IG, Lucknow Railway, Modak Rajesh D. Rao has been appointed as IG, Establishment, while IG R.K. Bhardwaj from the Buildings and Welfare Department has been posted as IG, Lucknow Railway.

2008-batch IPS officer Dr. Akhilesh Kumar Nigam has been promoted and appointed as IG, CID. Earlier, he was serving as DIG in the CID. IG Prayagraj, N. Kolanchi, has been removed from his post and appointed as IG, Prayagraj Railway.

From the waiting list, 2011-batch officer Mohammad Imran has been posted as DIG, Buildings and Welfare, Lucknow. DIG, UP-112 Vijay Dhull has been appointed as Additional Commissioner of Police, Prayagraj.

Rajeev Malhotra has been appointed as IG, UPSIFS, while Rohan P. Kanay has been posted as DIG, Special Investigation, Lucknow.

IG, Technical Services Anand Sureshrao Kulkarni has been transferred and appointed as IG, Anti-Corruption Organisation, Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow.

Santosh Kumar Mishra, who was attached to the office of the Director General of Police at the Police Headquarters, has been posted as DIG, PTS Jalaun.