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Uttar Pradesh: Major Reshuffle in Police Dept, 17 IPS Transferred, Including 8 SPs; Sankalp Sharma Appointed New SP of Lakhimpur-Kheri

Somen Verma has been appointed as the new SP of Mirzapur. Verma was previously the SP of Sultanpur and now takes on the responsibility of managing law and order in the crucial district of Mirzapur.
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In a significant move, the Yogi Adityanath led Uttar Pradesh government has initiated a major reshuffle in the state’s police department, with 17 IPS officers being transferred, including 8 SPs, across various key districts. The transfers, which were made on the directions of the government, were executed by the DGP headquarters on Tuesday.

Among those affected by the reshuffle are the Superintendents of Police (SPs) of eight districts, including Sultanpur, Amroha, Lakhimpur Kheri, Mainpuri, Kannauj, Mirzapur, Bhadohi, and Basti.

Key Transfers:

  1. 2012 batch IPS officer Somen Verma – Former SP of Sultanpur, has now been appointed as the SP of Mirzapur.
  2. 2013 batch IPS officer Kunwar Anupam Singh – Former SP of Amroha, will now serve as the SP of Sultanpur.
  3. 2012 batch IPS officer Sankalp Sharma – Deputy Commissioner of Police at Lucknow Police Commissionerate, has been assigned as the new SP of Lakhimpur Kheri.

Other key transfers include:

  • 2013 batch IPS officer Ganesh Saha, who was posted in Lakhimpur, has now been made the SP of Mainpuri.
  • 2014 batch IPS officer Abhinandan, former SP of Mirzapur, has been given the responsibility of Basti.
  • Vinod Kumar, 2014-batch IPS officer (SPS), who served as the SP of Mainpuri, will now take charge as the new SP of Kannauj.
  • 2014-batch IPS officer Dr. Meenakshi Katyayan, the SP of Bhadohi, has been appointed as the SP Intelligence in Kanpur.
  • Basant Lal, 2015-batch IPS officer (SPS), who was posted in Kanpur, has been transferred to the ACO Headquarters.

Additionally, several district officers have also been reassigned:

  • Gopal Krishna Chaudhary, 2016-batch IPS officer and the current SP of Basti, has been posted to the Lucknow Commissionerate.
  • 2016-batch IPS officer Amit Kumar Anand, the former SP of Kannauj, has been sent to Amroha.
  • 2018-batch IPS officer Abhimanyu Manglik, the ASP of Saharanpur City, has been promoted to the role of SP in Bhadohi.
  • 2021-batch IPS officer Vyom Bindal, the ASP of Muzaffarnagar, has been appointed as the in-charge SP City of Saharanpur.

Other Notable Changes:

In a separate move, 1992 batch IPS officer Deepesh Juneja, the DG of Prosecution, has been assigned additional charge of the Crime Branch Criminal Investigation Department (CBCID). The government has also canceled the transfer order of 1999 batch IPS officer Dr. Sanjeev Gupta, the Home Secretary, to the DGP Headquarters, along with the transfer of 1996 batch IPS officer N. Ravinder, DGP’s GSO, to ADG ACO.

Furthermore, 2003 batch IPS officer Nachiketa Jha, IG Headquarters, has been shifted to IG Establishment, and 2006 batch IPS officer Shalabh Mathur, IG Establishment, will now oversee IG Personnel.

These extensive changes in the police department reflect the government’s efforts to strengthen the state’s law enforcement and administration ahead of upcoming challenges.


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