67 IPS officials transferred in UP

Lucknow: In its sixth reshuffle of police officials since the Yogi Adityanath-led BJP government came to power in the Uttar Pradesh in March, 67 IPS officials were transferred on Wednesday.
Additional DGP S.N. Rawat has been sent as ADG, Allahabad zone while Ramit Sharma, hitherto Inspector General of Police, Technical has been posted as the new IGP, Allahabad. J.K. Shukla, the Superintendent of Police, law and order has been posted as the SSP Jhansi, while Anand Kulkarni has been named as the new district police chief of Allahabad. Salman Taj Patil, who was posted in Ghaziabad, has been named as the new SP , Lalitpur, and Rakesh Prakash Singh, the new SP of Maharajganj. The BJP government has been on the mat for soaring crimes and the latest round of transfers is seen as yet another attempt by it to curb crime. (IANS)