Pushpanjali Devi, Superintendent of Police, Unnao, was among 36 IPS officers who have been transferred by the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh, according to an official statement issued in Lucknow on Sunday, 29 April.
Devi has been attached to the office of the Director General of Police, Uttar Pradesh, the statement said.
Unnao has been in the news over the alleged rape of a girl by BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, a case that triggered nation-wide outrage, with questions being raised over the role of police, following the death of the rape survivor’s father in police custody.
The Uttar Pradesh government has handed over the matter to the CBI.
Harish Kumar (SP, Human Rights, Lucknow) has been made SP, Unnao, the statement said. According to the statement, some of the other IPS officers, who have been transferred are Rajesh Kumar Pandey, who has been made SSP, Meerut. Earlier, he was SSP, Aligarh. Ajay Kumar Sahni who was SSP, Azamgarh, has been made SSP, Aligarh.
Jogendra Kumar, who was SSP, Bareilly, has been made SP, ATS, Lucknow. Kalanidhi Naithani has been made the new SSP of Bareilly.
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