In a major reshuffle, the Akhilesh government on Thursday transferred 52 senior IPS officers including IG, law and order, and IGs of Lucknow and Kanpur zones.
In a major reshuffle, the Akhilesh government on Thursday transferred 52 senior IPS officers including IG, law and order, and IGs of Lucknow and Kanpur zones. The move is being seen as a renewed effort to improve the law and order situation.
According to the official spokesman, 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.
IG Allahabad zone, Bhagwan Swarup has been made IG, law and order, and IG of Kanpur zone, Ashutosh Pandey 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 who has been appointed as IG Meerut zone.
ADG, Fire Services Abhay Kumar Prasad has been made ADG, Crime, while ADG Allahabad, Brijbhushan has been made ADG, CB-CID.
