Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath transfers 15 IPS officers

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has cracked the whip on police officers who allegedly failed to control law and order in their respective districts and ordered the transfer and posting orders of 15 IPS officers. As per the transfer and posting orders issued on Saturday night, Kanpur SSP Dinesh Kumar Prabhu has been shifted to Jhansi in the same capacity. His transfer comes in the wake of killing of eight police officials in Bikru village on July 2-3 night and the kidnapping-murder of a lab technician. Prabhu's tenure in Kanpur was marked by controversies and the police role in most cases was suspect. The 'encounter' of gangster Vikas Dubey on July 10 and the ransom money paid for the release of the lab technician had put the police role under a scanner. Preetinder Singh, till now posted as DIG of Aligarh Range, will now be the new DIG/SSP of Kanpur. Amethi SP Khyati Garg has been transferred as DCP (Central) in Lucknow Police Commissionerate while DCP Central Dinesh Singh will be the new SP of Amethi. (IANS)

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