UP IPS transfers: Sankalp Sharma appointed Noida Joint CP, Santosh Kumar Mishra gets Kanpur

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has transferred two senior IPS officers, announcing new postings in the Gautam Buddha Nagar and Kanpur Nagar Police Commissionerates.

Sankalp Sharma (IPS: 2012), who was serving as Joint Commissioner of Police in Kanpur Nagar, has been transferred and appointed Joint CP, Gautam Buddha Nagar. He will fill the vacancy created following the retirement of Rajiv Narayan Mishra on October 31.

Meanwhile, DIG Santosh Kumar Mishra, who was posted at the Police Training School (PTS), Jalaun, has been appointed Joint Commissioner of Police, Kanpur Nagar.

The latest reshuffle brings changes to the senior police leadership in Noida and Kanpur as part of the state government’s administrative realignment.