In a major reshuffle, the Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday shifted 14 IPS officers and appointed new police chiefs in nine important districts, including Ghaziabad, Etawah, Rampur and Barabanki.
The transfer list also included the name of Lucknow district police chief Kalanidhi Naithani, who has been shifted to Ghaziabad as SSP.
However, no officer was so far posted as SSP of Lucknow and also the SSP of Noida, where Vaibhav Krishna was placed under suspension.
Sources said that the government was planning to introduce police commissionerate system in Lucknow and Noida.
The government, however, shifted the five IPS officers who were charged with corruption by Krishna in a letter sent to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for necessary action.
According to the official communiqué released on Thursday evening, Lucknow’s SSP Kalanidhi Naithani has been made SSP of Ghaziabad, replacing Sudhir Kumar Singh, who has been posted as commandant of PAC in Agra.
SP, PTC Unnao, Shiv Hari Meena, has been made the new SP of Sultanpur, replacing Himanshu Kumar, who goes as commandant of PAC in Etawah.
Etawah SSP Santosh Kumar Mishra has been made SP of Rampur, replacing Ajay Pal Sharma who has been made SP (PTC Unnao.
Barabanki’s SP Akash Tomar has been shifted as SSP of Etawah while SP of Ghazipur, Arvind Chaturvedi, has been shifted as SP of Barabanki.
SSP of Jhansi, Dr Om Prakash Singh, has been made SP of Ghazipur and commandant of PAC in Moradabad, Muniraj, has been shifted as the new SSP of Jhansi.
ASP Kushinagar Gaurav Bhanswal will be the new SP of Hathras, replacing Siddharth Shankar Meena, who has been made SP of Banda, replacing Ganesh Prasad Saha, who has been shifted as SP, Human Rights.
SSP (STF) in Lucknow, Rajiv Narayan Mishra, has been made commandant of PAC in Moradabad.