lucknow: in a major reshuffle, the government on thursday shifted 32 senior police officials including six igs and 10 digs and several sps. in the reshuffle, seven digs were promoted as igs and six sps were made digs. in the reshuffle, seven officials of the 1978 and 1979 batches became digs and six sps of 1985 batch were promoted as digs after promotions.
in view of the dismissal of naresh agrawal from the ministry, these transfers have assumed significance, more so the the state will have a new ig for the up power corporation, lucknow. according to official information, ig home guards, rati ram becomes joint director in the vigilance in the same rank. ig, cb-cid, lucknow, rai umapati rai becomes ig, railways, lucknow. ig at the police headquarters rk tiwari becomes new chairman of the power corporation in place of sk rizvi who becomes ig cb-cid in place of rai umapati rai. rk bhatia, ig railways, lucknow, has been posted as ig, lucknow zone, while dilip trivedi, dig police, kanpur range, has been promoted as ig police headquarters, allahabad. rizwan ahmad, dig, prosecution, has also been promoted as ig, railways, allahabad. dr kashmir singh, dig, economic offences wing, on promotion, becomes ig telecom, lucknow, and al banerjee, dig, anti-corruption, has been posted as ig special investigation, lucknow. gyan singh, dig, pac sector, bareilly, on promotion, becomes ig, home guards, lucknow. ak jain, dig, meerrut range, on promotion, goes to dgp headquarters as ig, establishment. sn singh, dig (ci) intelligence, on promotion, becomes ig, intelligence, lucknow, while vk gupta, dig, pac sector, meerut, has been posted as dig kanpur range. sc gupta, dig, varanasi range, goes to meerut as dig pac sector. daya shankar singh, special secretary, home, has been posted as dig, faizabad range, while surya kumar, dig, gorakhpur range, goes to varanasi in the same capacity. op tripathi, dig, railways, allahabad, goes as dig, gorakhpur range. prem chand, dig pts, moradabad, has been posted as dig ptc-i moradabad. brijendra singh, dig, basti range, goes to lucknow in economic offences wing in the same capacity. rn srivastava, who was awaiting posting, is now dig, pac sector, bareilly. rn singh, dig, faizabad range, goes as dig cb-cid lucknow. alok prasad, dig police headquarters, allahabad, has been transferred as dig, basti range, while bhanu pratap singh, commandant, 2nd pac battalion sitapur, on promotion, has been posted as dig pts, moradabad. akd dwivedi, ssp agra, on promotion, has been posted as special secretary, home, while arun kumar (first) ssp, kanpur city, on promotion, has been appointed as dig, meerut range. gp sharma, commandant, 8th battalion pac bareilly, has been promoted and posted as dig, anti-corruption. rajesh pratap singh, sp, cb-cid, lucknow, on promotion becomes dig, railways allahabad. amar dutt mishra, commandant, 11th pac battalion, sitapur, on promotion, becomes dig, prosecution branch, lucknow. bk singh, ssp, bareilly goes to kanpur in the same capacity while jawed akhtar, ssp, etah, goes to bareilly in the same capacity. anand swarup, sp, cb-cid has been posted as ssp etah and pk tiwari, aig, pac headquarters lucknow has been posted as ssp agra.