After Lucknow And Noida, Yogi Govt Introduces Police Commissionerate System In Kanpur And Varanasi

A Satish Ganesh has been appointed the first police commissioner of Varanasi, while Aseem Arun will take over as the first police commissioner of Kanpur.

Satish Ganesh was IG Agra while Aseem Arun held the charge of 'Dial 112' service.

Varanasi and Kanpur switched to the Police Commissionerate system on Thursday (26 March).

The state Cabinet headed by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath gave its nod on Thursday to change the two cities – Kanpur and Varanasi – into police commissionerate, reports Indian Express.

Earlier in January last year, the Yogi government had implemented the commissionerate system for Lucknow and Gautam Budh Nagar

Meanwhile, apart from appointing new police commissoners, the state government has also shifted some more IPS officers and these include Varanasi SSP Amit Pathak who has been posted in the same capacity in Ghaziabad.

J Ravindra Goud has been posted as Mirzapur SSP while Agra SSP Bablu Kumar has been shifted to the Anti-Terror Squad.

Deepak Kumar will be SSP Aligarh, replacing Muniraj G who goes to Agra in the same capacity.

Akash Tomar has been appointed the new SP in Pratapgarh while Shailesh Pandey is the new SP in Ayodhya.

(With inputs from IANS)