State government shifted three IPS officers which included posting of director general (DG) rank IPS officer in the Prison Department.
According to an official communiqué of the Home Department released on Thursday evening, DG Security Gopal Gupta will now head the prison department as DG (Prisons). He will replace ADG Dr Devendra Singh Chauhan who will now join as ADG (Crime Branch Crime Investigation Department) in place of Sanjay M Tarde, who goes as Police Training School (PTS) in Gorakhpur. Tarde will assume new charge after present DG (PTS) in Gorakhpur Vijay Singh will retire on June 30 later this month.