A fortnight after completion of parliamentary elections, the Uttar Pradesh government shifted 25 IPS officers, including the district police chiefs of Ayodhya, Agra, Mathura, Moradabad, Jaunpur, Fatehpur, Balrampur, Mau, Mirjapur, Sultanpur, Kanpur Dehat, Deoria, Auraiya and Rampur.
The state government also strengthened the elite Special Task Force by posting three more Superintendent of Police level officers, including the one already posted.
According to the transfer list released by Principal Secretary (Home) Arvind Kumar on Friday midnight, Agra SSP Amit Pathak has been shifted to Moradabad, replacing J Ravindra Kumar, who has been transferred to Lucknow as DIG (SIT).
Ayodhya SSP Jogendra Kumar has been given the charge of Agra SSP. Jaunpur SP Ashish Tiwari will now be the SSP of Ayodhya.
Shalabh Mathur, posted in the PAC, Gorakhpur, has been made SSP of Mathura while SP (LIU) Vipin Kumar Mishra has been made the SSP of Jaunpur. Ramesh, posted at the PAC, Sonebhadra, has been made the SP of Fatehpur.
SP (Personnel) Prayagraj, Ajay Pal, has been shifted to Rampur while Balrampur SP Anurag Arya has been transferred to Mau.
SP (GRP) Prayagraj, Himanshu Kumar, will now be the Sp of Sultanpur, replacing Anurag Vats, who has been sent to Kanpur Dehat.
Awadhesh Kumar Pandey, posted in the PAC, Mirzapur, has been made the SP of Mirzapur.
Lucknow SP (LIU) Sripati Mishra will now be the SP of Deoria while Lucknow SP (Cyber Crime) Suniti will be the new SP of Auraiya.
In a bid to ensure better supervision of the STF operations, the state government has posted three more superintendents of police to head the force in four zones. Varanasi and Meerut will have an SP (STF) each. Lucknow’s two zones will too have an SSP (STF) each. The four zonal STF chiefs will report to the IG (STF) directly.
Satyarth Anirudh has be posted as the SSP (STF) in Lucknow.