Lucknow: In a significant administrative shake-up, the Yogi Adityanath led Uttar Pradesh government has transferred 14 IPS officers, including key district heads such as the Senior Superintendents of Police (SSPs) of Gorakhpur and Ayodhya. The transfer orders were issued late Monday night, signaling another wave of reassignments in the state’s police administration.
Among the notable changes, 2006 batch IPS officer Mohit Gupta, Inspector General of Police, Varanasi Range, has been appointed as Secretary (Home) in the Uttar Pradesh Government, Lucknow. 2009 batch IPS officer Ajay Kumar Sahni, previously DIG Saharanpur, has been shifted to DIG Bareilly Range.
2010 batch IPS officer Vaibhav Krishna, who was serving as DIG for the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, has been made DIG Varanasi Range, while 2011 batch IPS officer Abhishek Singh, SSP Muzaffarnagar, has been promoted to DIG Saharanpur Range.
In a swap of critical district postings, 2012 batch IPS officer Raj Karan Nayyar, SSP Ayodhya, has been appointed the new SSP of Gorakhpur, and 2013 batch IPS officer Dr. Gaurav Grover, SSP Gorakhpur, will now serve as SSP Ayodhya.
Full List of New IPS Postings:
- Mohit Gupta, Inspector General of Police (IG), Varanasi Range → Secretary (Home), Uttar Pradesh Government, Lucknow
- Ajay Kumar Sahni, Deputy Inspector General (DIG), Saharanpur Range → DIG, Bareilly Range
- Vaibhav Krishna, DIG, Maha Kumbh Mela, Prayagraj → DIG, Varanasi Range
- Abhishek Singh, SSP, Muzaffarnagar → DIG, Saharanpur Range
- Raj Karan Nayyar, SSP, Ayodhya → SSP, Gorakhpur
- Dr. Gaurav Grover, SSP, Gorakhpur → SSP, Ayodhya
- 2014 batch promotee IPS officer Sanjai Kumar, SSP, Etawah → SSP, Muzaffarnagar
- Anoop Kumar Singh, Commander, 35th Battalion PAC, Lucknow → SP, Fatehpur
- Brijesh Kumar Srivastava, SP, Kaushambi → SSP, Etawah
- Rajesh Kumar-II, DCP, Ghaziabad Commissionerate → SP, Kaushambi
- 2016 batch IPS officer Dhawal Jaiswal, SP, Fatehpur → DCP, Ghaziabad Commissionerate
- Satyajeet Gupta, SP, Sant Kabir Nagar → DCP, Kanpur Commissionerate
- Sandeep Kumar Meena, SP, GRP Gorakhpur → SP, Sant Kabir Nagar
- Laxmi Nivas Mishra, SP, Anti-Corruption Organization HQ, Lucknow → SP, GRP Gorakhpur
