The Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday, 11 May, removed Mukul Goel, the Director-General of Police (DGP) of the state, from his post for allegedly "not taking an interest in work" and "disobeying orders", the state government informed.
Goel has been moved to another, a far less significant post of DG, Civil Defence. He had been appointed the state's DGP in July 2021.
Meanwhile, Additional DGP Prashant Kumar has replaced Goel.
UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was reportedly unhappy with his performance, especially after Goel's absence last month from a key meeting with the CM on the law and order situation in the state.
An Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the 1987 batch, Goel was earlier posted as the Additional DG Operations of the Border Security Force (BSF), as per PTI.
Goel also served as the Superintendent of Police (SP)/ Senior SP of distrcts in UP like Gorakhpur, Varanasi, Manipuri, Azamgarh, Meerut and Saharnpur, as per NDTV.
He previously served in the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF).
(With inputs from PTI and NDTV.)
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