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After Gorakhpur DM, top cop moved out from Yogi bastion

Press Trust of India  |  Lucknow 

After the of was transferred, the government removed of Police (SSP) Satyarth Aniruddh Pankaj in a late night move.

Pankaj was among 43 IPS officers transferred close on the heels of the surprise defeat of the BJP in Gorakhpur, the bastion of Yogi Adityanath, in a parliamentary by-election.

A state government press note said the SSP has been made SP Personnel.

Pankaj has been replaced by Shalabh Mathur, who was holding the charge of commandant of 23rd battalion of PAC in Moradabad.

Padmaja Chauhan has been made general of UP Police Promotion and

Love Kumar, who was the SSP of Gautam Buddh Nagar, has been made deputy general (jail administration).

On March 16, the government has transferred 37 IAS officers including the

Among the officers transferred, as many as 16 were district magistrates.

who was the of has been made the new

K Vijayendra Pandiyan has been made the new of

Rajiv Kapoor, who was awaiting posting, has been made of the of (PICUP), while has been made of commercial and entertainment tax.

Anoop Chandra Pandey, who is commissioner and Institutional Finance department and also Chairman, Greater Noida, has been given additional charge of additional infrastructure and industrial development and NRI department.

of Bareilly, Raghvendra Singh, has been made

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First Published: Sun, March 18 2018. 17:00 IST
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