Lucknow: UP govt on Tuesday transferred 15 IPS officers and appointed new police commissioners for Lucknow and Prayagraj.Additional director general, security headquarters, Tarun Gauba is the new Lucknow police commissioner. He succeeds Amrendra Kumar Sengar, who has been promoted to the rank of DG. Sengar has been made DG intelligence and will also hold the additional charge of the Security HQ.In another key posting, Piyush Mordia, who was serving as ADG Varanasi zone, has been made Prayagraj police commissioner. He replaces Jogendra Kumar, who has been posted as ADG, Police Training School, Moradabad.Naveen Arora, who was serving as ADG technical services, is the new ADG Varanasi zone. Bhagwan Swarup Srivastava, who was ADG intelligence, has been made ADG technical services.Mohit Gupta, who was secretary in the home department, has been posted as IG, anti-corruption organisation (ACO). Anandrao Kulkarni, who was IG ACO, has been appointed secretary in the home department.Mutha Ashok Jain, a 1995-batch IPS officer recently promoted to the rank of DG, has been appointed DG fire services.Ram Kumar, who was ADG logistics, has been appointed ADG Gorakhpur zone, while Sanjeev Gupta, ADG police headquarters, has been given the additional charge of the logistics department.Among other postings, Vinod Kumar Singh, IG Dr BR Ambedkar Police Academy, has been given the additional charge of the Special Investigation Team in the same capacity.At the superintendent level, Anup Singh, who was SP HQ, has been posted as SP in the Economic Offences Wing, while SP HQ Anand Kumar has been appointed SP in the public grievance department.
