In a significant administrative overhaul, the Uttar Pradesh government has carried out a large-scale reshuffle involving 22 IPS officers across the state. Sujeet Pandey has been appointed as Director General of Police (DGP), Fire and Emergency Services, Headquarters, Lucknow. K S Emmanuel has taken charge as Inspector General (IG) and General Staff Officer (GSO) to the DGP, while Vinod Kumar Singh has been posted as IG at the Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Police Academy, Moradabad.
Among other key postings, Alok Priyadarshi has been named Additional Commissioner of Police (ACP), Varanasi Commissionerate, and Praveen Kumar has been assigned as Additional Director General of Police (ADG), Lucknow Zone. Rajkaran Nayyar will serve as ACP, Ghaziabad, while Somen Verma has been posted as Deputy Inspector General (DIG), Ayodhya Range. Sankalp Sharma and Vipin Tada have been appointed as Joint Commissioners of Police in Kanpur City.
Further appointments include Abhishek Yadav as DIG, Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS), Lucknow, Ashish Tiwari as DIG, Technical Services, Lucknow, and Pratap Gopendra Yadav as DIG, Uttar Pradesh Police Headquarters, Lucknow. Kunwar Anupam Singh has been posted as Superintendent of Police (SP), Jaunpur, and Mrs Khyati Garg as SP, Lakhimpur Kheri. Yashveer Singh will take charge as SP, Basti, while Mrs Charu Nigam has been named SP, Sultanpur.
Senior postings also include Abhinandan as Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Saharanpur, Dr Kaustubh as SSP, Gorakhpur, and Avinash Pandey as SSP, Meerut. Mrs Aparna Rajat Kaushik has been appointed SP, Mirzapur, Ravi Kumar as SP, Raebareli, Sukirti Madhav as SP, Pilibhit, Saravanan T as SP, Amethi, and Mrs Anukriti Sharma has joined as ACP, Gautam Buddh Nagar.
