KANPUR, AYODHYA GET NEW POLICE CHIEFS

LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday night shifted 15 IPS officers, including district police chiefs of Kanpur, Ayodhya, Lakhimpur Kheri, Jalaun and Jhansi. The list includes two deputy inspector general (DIG) rank officers who were posted as district chiefs of Ayodhya and Kanpur Nagar.

LUCKNOW: The state government on Saturday night shifted 15 IPS officers, including district police chiefs of Kanpur, Ayodhya, Lakhimpur Kheri, Jalaun and Jhansi. The list includes two deputy inspector general (DIG) rank officers who were posted as district chiefs of Ayodhya and Kanpur Nagar. According to a press statement from the state government, 2004 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Preetender Singh, who was posted as DIG Aligarh range, has been transferred to the post of DIG /senior superintendent of police (SSP), Kanpur Nagar in place of Dinesh Kumar P. Kanpur SSP’s transfer comes over three weeks after eight policemen were killed in an ambush orchestrated by gangster Vikas Dubey and his subsequent encounter. The Kanpur Police is also facing strident criticism from the opposition also over the kidnapping and killing of a 27-year-old lab technician.

Deepak Kumar, a 2005-batch IPS officer who was posted as DIG Chitrakoot Dham range, has been made the new SSP Ayodhya in place of Ashish Tewari.

Kumar has been replaced by IG rank officer K Satya Narain, who had recently returned from central deputation. Dinesh Kumar P has replaced D Pradeep Kumar as SSP, Jhansi. Similarly, 1997-batch IPS officer Deepak

Ratan has replaced Preetender Singh as the new IG, Aligarh range. A 2010-batch IPS officer Satyendra Kumar, who was posted as SP Economic Offences Wing (EOW) Lucknow, has been given charge of SP Lakhimpur Kheri. Dinesh Singh, who was deputy commissioner of police (DCP) in Lucknow, has been shifted to the post of SP, Amethi. Yashveer Singh, who was commandant of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), has been sent as SP Jalaun. D Pradeep Kumar-I has been posted as SP EOW, Varanasi, and Satish Kumar, SP, Jalaun, has been shifted to the post of commandant, SDRF, in Lucknow. Khyati Garg, who was posted as SP Amethi, has been transferred as DCP in Lucknow. Amethi was in the news after a mother-daughter duo from the district attempted self-immolation. Ayodhya district police chief Ashish Tewari has been shifted to the post of SP Railway Jhansi. SP, Kheri, Poonam has been posted as Commandant of 15th battalion of PAC, Agra. IG, PAC headquarters, Anil Rai has been sent as IG, Basti.

PREETENDER SINGH HAS BEEN APPOINTED THE NEW DIG /SSP, KANPUR NAGAR. DEEPAK KUMAR HAS BEEN MADE THE NEW SSP AYODHYA.