UP govt transfers 68 IPS officers

In a major reshuffle, the UP government on Thursday transferred as many as 68 senior IPS officers, including IG (law and order), and IGs of Lucknow and Kanpur zones along with eight IAS officers. IG (law and order) A Satish Ganesh was transferred as the IG of Lucknow zone. He replaces Zaki Ahmad, who in turn has been made the Kanpur-zone IG, an official release said.

IG (Allahabad zone)  Bhagwan Swarup has been made IG (law and order), while the IG of Kanpur zone Ashutosh Pandesh has been transferred to railways in the same capacity.

Prominent among those transferred include IG (Anti- Terrorist Squad), Ram Kumar, who has been moved to the Special Task Force (STF) in the same capacity, replacing Sujit Pandey.