The Uttar Pradesh government shifted 14 IPS officers, including police chiefs of nine districts, including Gorakhpur.
According to the Home department spokesman, the state government has removed the police chiefs of Gorakhpur, Unnao, Pilibhit, Ballia, Hapur, Rampur, Chitrakoot, Baghpat, and Lalitpur in the Sunday midnight reshuffle.
SSP of Gorakhpur, Dinesh Kumar P, has been shifted to Pilibhit in the same capacity. SP of Ballia, Vipin Tanda, is the new SSP of Gorakhpur.
Rajkaran Naiyyar,who was attached with the DGP office in Lucknow, has been made SP of Ballia, while SP of Chitrakoot, Ankit Mittal, has been made new SP of Rampur.
Commandant of Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) battalion in Prayagraj, Avinash Pandey, has been made SP of Unnao while SP of Hapur, Neeraj Kumar Jadon, has been made the SP of Baghpat.
ACP, Kanpur commissionerate, Nikhil Pathak, has been made SP of Lalitpur, while another ACP in Kanpur, Deepak Bhooker, has been made new SP of Hapur. ASP (Ganga Paar) Prayagraj, Dhawal Jaiswal, has been made the SP of Chitrakoot.
SP of Unnao, Suresh Rao A Kulkarni, has been made SP (Intelligence) in Lucknow, while SP of Rampur, Shagun Gautam, has been made SP (Security) in Lucknow.
SP of Pilibhit, Rathore Kirit K Hari Bhai, has been made SP, regional intelligence, in Agra.
SP of Baghpat, Abhishek Singh, has been made SP of Anti-Terrorists Squad (ATS) in Lucknow and SP of Lalitpur, Pramod Kumar, has been made SP (Law and Order) at DGP Headquarters in Lucknow.