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Mukul Goel appointed as the new Director General of Police of UP.
The process of selection of new DGP has been finalized in Uttar Pradesh. ADG BSF Mukul Goel has been made the new Director General of Police of UP. The government has issued an order in this regard. Earlier, UP’s ADG Law and Order Prashant Kumar was given the charge of DGP in the afternoon itself, but by the end of the evening, the government has announced a new DGP. Earlier, the current DGP Hitesh Chandra Awasthi had left the charge on Wednesday. HC Awasthi has retired today after completing 36 years in office.
Mukul Goyal, a 1987 batch IPS officer, is originally from Shamli, UP. Mukul Goyal is a BTech from IIT Delhi and also an MBA. Mukul Goel is the DG of BSF on central deputation. His retirement is on February 2024. There is also vigorous lobbying for Mukul Goyal.
The government is also considered trustworthy. Along with crime control, he also has a good hold in the peasant factions of the West and the Vaish society. Mukul Goyal can also be very beneficial in getting the BJP trapped in the farmers’ movement out of the middle.
SP of Azamgarh and former SSP of Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Saharanpur, Meerut
During his tenure of UP, he has been the SP of Azamgarh and SSP of Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Saharanpur, Meerut districts. Mukul Goyal has also been the DIG of Kanpur, Agra, Bareilly range and IG of Bareilly zone. Apart from this, Mukul Goyal has also worked in ITBP, BSF, NDRF at the center. In UP, ADG Railways, CBCID and in the government of Akhilesh Yadav have also been ADG Law and Order of UP. It is being told that by this afternoon, the UP government will announce the name of the next DGP.
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UPSC had decided three names
Earlier on Tuesday, UPSC (Union Public Service Commission) shortlisted three senior IPS officers for the post of UP DGP. These included the names of DG EOW RP Singh, ADG BSF Mukul Goyal and Nasir Kamal. According to seniority, Nasir Kamal was the senior most among the other two people and at present he is on deputation to the Central Government, however, his tenure is short. In such a situation, he was told out of the DGP race.
Two officers met CM Yogi
After Nasir Kamal, the name of DG EOW RP Singh and ADG BSF Mukul Goyal is in the list of UPSC. Both these officers have also met CM Yogi Adityanath in turn on Tuesday. It is said that out of these two, Goyal’s name has been finalised. In the end, he was given the command of DGP.
2022 assembly elections will be the target for DGP
According to experts, 1987 batch IPS officer Mukul Goyal is second in terms of seniority. He is also on Central deputation and is presently posted as ADG BSF. His retirement is in February 2024.
Goyal has been the SP in many districts of western UP for a long time. In the SP government, he held an important post like ADG Law and Order. They have a better understanding even from the political corridors of the state to the trends of the voters. Therefore, his name is being considered almost final for the DGP.
But in the central posting, there is a big chance in front of them to become DG BSF. The third name in the seniority list was that of 1987 batch IPS officer RP Singh. Presently he is posted as DG EOW (Economic Offenses Wing) and SIT. His retirement is in February 2023. Strict actions in the investigation of big scams like Jal Nigam, food grains and bike boats have created a better image in the eyes of the government.
Nine IPS officers including DGP retired today
Nine IPS officers, including Director General of Police (DGP) Hitesh Chandra Awasthi, retired from service on June 30. Apart from Awasthi, a 1985 batch IPS officer, Arun Kumar of the same batch, posted as DG of Railway Protection Force on central deputation, also retired.
Apart from these, seven IPS officers who were promoted from the Provincial Police Service also retired today. These include IG Intelligence JK Shukla, IG Police Headquarters Rajesh Pandey, suspended DIG Dinesh Chandra Dubey, DIG PTC Sitapur Dilip Kumar, DIG UP Power Corporation Sadhana Goswami, SP Vigilance Virendra Kumar Mishra and SP UP-112 Madhav Prasad Verma. 12 officers of PPS cadre also retired on June 30.
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