* Noida Police Commissioner Alok Singh was removed.
*Police commissioners were appointed in Ghaziabad, Agra and Prayagraj.
In Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has once again transferred 16 IPS officers late on Monday night. The most important of these is that commissioners have also been posted in the three commissionerate districts created in the state in the past. The sudden transfer of 16 IPS officers is being linked to the upcoming municipal elections in UP. In these, along with the posting of police commissioners in the new police commissionerates set up in Agra, Ghaziabad and Prayagraj, new officers have also been posted in three ranges and three districts. On the other hand, the commissioners of Gautam Buddha Nagar and Varanasi have been changed. Laxmi Singh, IG, Lucknow Range, has been made the Commissioner of Police, Noida. Police Commissioners of Varanasi and Noida, A Satish Ganesh and Alok Singh respectively have been posted at Lucknow Police Headquarters.
Secretary Home Tarun Gaba has been made IG of Lucknow Range. Rakesh Singh, IG of Prayagraj Range, has been made IG of Bareilly Range. Chandra Prakash II has been made the DIG of Prayagraj range. Whereas, Ghaziabad’s SSP Muniraj ji has been made the SSP of Ayodhya. Ayodhya’s SSP Prashant Verma has been made Bahraich’s SP. Bahraich SP Keshav Chowdhary has been transferred to the post of Additional Commissioner of Police, Agra. Prayagraj’s SSP Shailesh Pandey has been sent to Mathura and Mathura’s SSP Abhishek Yadav to the notification headquarters. Agra’s SSP Prabhakar Chowdhary has been made the commander in 11th Corps PAC Sitapur.