NOIDA GETS U.P.’S 1ST WOMAN POLICE COMMISSIONER

Laxmi Singh, 48, a 2000batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, has been appointed the police commissioner of Gautam Budh Nagar, making her the first woman to assume the mantle in Uttar Pradesh.

In a major reshuffle on Monday, the state transferred 16 IPS officers ahead of the formation of the three new police commissionerate systems of Ghaziabad, Agra and Prayagraj.

Gautam Budh Nagar (Noida) and Lucknow were the first two commissionerates to be established in the state in 2020. The incumbent Noida police commissioner, Alok Singh, has been transferred as additional director general based at the UP police headquarters in Lucknow.

When contacted, Laxmi Singh said, “I will join on Wednesday and will take stock to understand the district better.”

Singh has many firsts to her name, senior officers said. She was the first woman IPS topper in the UPSC exams -- her all-India rank was 33. During her training at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy in Hyderabad, she was adjudged the best probationer.