The state government on Saturday shifted four IPS officers, including Senior Superintendent of Police in Faizabad.
The SSP of Faizabad was reportedly shunted out of the district for his move of forcibly shift Swami Paramhans Das, mahant of Ayodhya’s Tapaswi Chhawni, from a dharna site to a local hospital.
The mahant was on indefinite hunger strike, demanding construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya.
Earlier, UP minister Satish Mahana had met the mahant and requested him to call off his protest, offering to arrange a dialogue with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
As per a state government communiqué released on Saturday, SSP of Faizabad, Akhilesh Kumar Chaurasia, was removed and attached to DGP office. He has been replaced by SSP (ATS) Joginder Kumar.
Additional superintendent of police in PAC headquarters, Jai Prakash Singh, has been promoted as Commandant of 29th Battalion PAC in Sitapur, replacing Satyendra Kumar Singh, who has also been promoted to DIG rank and posted as DIG, Arms Training Centre in Sitapur.