Unnao SP Among 36 IPS Officers Transferred in Uttar Pradesh

The father of the woman who alleged rape by Unnao BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar, died while in police custody.

Unnao BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar was accused of rape by an 18-year-old. The rape survivor’s father died in judicial custody.

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Pushpanjali Devi, Superintendent of Police, Unnao, was among 36 IPS officers who have been transferred by the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh, according to an official statement issued in Lucknow on Sunday, 29 April.

Devi has been attached to the office of the Director General of Police, Uttar Pradesh, the statement said.

Unnao has been in the news over the alleged rape of a girl by BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, a case that triggered nation-wide outrage, with questions being raised over the role of police, following the death of the rape survivor’s father in police custody.

The Uttar Pradesh government has handed over the matter to the CBI.

Harish Kumar (SP, Human Rights, Lucknow) has been made SP, Unnao, the statement said. According to the statement, some of the other IPS officers, who have been transferred are Rajesh Kumar Pandey, who has been made SSP, Meerut. Earlier, he was SSP, Aligarh. Ajay Kumar Sahni who was SSP, Azamgarh, has been made SSP, Aligarh.

Jogendra Kumar, who was SSP, Bareilly, has been made SP, ATS, Lucknow. Kalanidhi Naithani has been made the new SSP of Bareilly.