Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government posted toughest senior IPS officer Arun Kumar as the new additional director general (law & order and crime). He has also been given the charge of the special task force (STF) and anti-terrorism squad (ATS).
He has swapped places with Jag Mohan Yadav who will now take over as ADG Technical. Yadav was divested of law and order department after clashes in Faizabad.
An IPS officer of the 1985 batch, Mr. Kumar will also double up as ADG, Crime, Special Task Force (STF), Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) and CCTNS (Crime & Criminals Tracking Network System).
Arun Kumar has earlier been associated with the STF during the course of his service in the state. During his stint with the CBI, he supervised probes into the Karim Telgi case, Nithari serial killings and was also associated with the probe into the Arushi-Hemraj murder case at one point of time.
In another transfer of an ADG-rank police officer, Jawahar Lal Tripathi, who was holding the rank of IG, Meerut Zone, has been moved as ADG (Personnel).
Handpicked by the present regime for the key post in police administration, Mr. Yadav, an IPS officer of the 1983 batch, was asked to quit by Mr. Yadav late on Tuesday night.
He had stopped coming to office, but neither an order had been issued to this effect nor could the Government find a suitable replacement for the post two days after he was unceremoniously removed from the position.
No reasons were given for Mr. Yadav’s removal, but it is understood that the Chief Minister was unhappy at the deterioration in the law and order and crime situation in the State.
