Campaigning for first phase of Lok Sabha polls ends in UP
The seats going for polls in the first phase are Saharanpur, Bijnor, Kairana, Muzaffarnagar, Nagina, Moradabad, Rampur and Pilibhit.
The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Aditynath has transferred 14 IPS officers in the state.
The transfers came in effect on Monday night. The police chiefs of Kanpur, Pilibhit, Sitapur, Shahjahanpur, Saharanpur, Prayagraj, Hathras, Unnao and Baghpat districts have been replaced.
The Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Kanpur, Anant Dev Tiwari, has been promoted and made Deputy Inspector General (DIG) STF. At his place, Dinesh Kumar will be posted as SSP Kanpur.
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Chanappa was made SSP Saharanpur and Jai Prakash Yadav will be SP Pilibhit.
Satyarth Anirudh Pankaj, SSP of Prayagraj, has been wait-listed. It is to be noted that he recently exposed the fraud in the recruitment of 69,000 teachers.
Abhishek Dixit will take over as SSP Prayagraj, while S. Anand will be SP Shahjahanpur, R.P. Singh is SP Sitapur, L.R. Kumar is Deputy Inspector General of Police Vigilance Establishment Lucknow, Vikrant Veer is SP Hathras, Gaurav Banswa is the Superintendent of Police in the Director General of Crime Headquarters, Lucknow.
Earlier, on Sunday night as well, the state government had transferred seven IPS officers in the state.
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