Uttar Pradesh DGP Mukul Goel removed from top post.
Highlights
- UP govt removed state DGP Mukul Goel for disobeying orders
- He has now been posted as DG Civil Security
- ADG Law and Order Prashant Kumar will handle the additional charge of DGP
Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday removed state DGP Mukul Goel for disobeying orders and disregarding government work.
UP's top cop Mukul Goel has now been transferred and posted as DG Civil Security. The government said that he was transferred after finding that he was not taking interest in departmental work.
ADG Law and Order Prashant Kumar will handle the additional charge of DGP until Goel's replacement is announced.
In an official statement, the government spokesman said that Goel had been removed for "ignoring his work, not taking interest in departmental work and dereliction of duty".
This is the first time that a DGP has been removed on such charges.
Appointed UP DGP in June last year, he has been removed before he could complete a year in office.
According to sources, his removal is linked to the police failure to make "water-tight" cases against SP MLA Azam Khan, which led to the Supreme Court ticking off the state government.
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