In a major reshuffle, Uttar Pradesh government today transferred 52 senior IPS officers including IG, Law and Order, and IGs of Lucknow and Kanpur zones.
IG, Law and Order A Satish Ganesh has been transferred as IG, Lucknow zone, replacing Zaki Ahmad, who in turn has been made IG Kanpur zone, an official release issued here said.
IG Allahabad zone, Bhagwan Swarup has been made IG, Law and Order, and IG of Kanpur zone, Ashutosh Pandesh has been transferred to Railways in the same capacity.
The prominent among those transferred included IG, Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) Ram Kumar, who has been moved to Special Task Force (STF) in the same capacity replacing Sujit Pandey. Pandey has been appointed as IG Meerut zone, it said.
ADG, Fire Services Abhay Kumar Prasad has been made ADG, Crime, while ADG Allahabad, Brijbhushan has been made ADG, CB-CID. ADG Prashant Kumar, who was waiting for posting has been made ADG, Security.
ADG, Railways, Mukul Goel has been made ADG, Training, while IG Traffic, Asim Kumar Arun has been made IG, ATS, the release said.
IG Gorakhpur R K Chaturvedi has been transferred to Allahabad in the same capacity, while DIG, Technical services Amitabh Yash has been made IG traffic.
Meanwhile, DIG, Bareilly Dharmveer has been transferred to Varanasi as DIG, PAC, it added.
