The Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday removed Director General of Police Mukul Goel from his post for "disregarding government work and not taking interest in departmental work."
Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar has been given the additional charge of the state's police chief, Additional Chief Secretary (Information) Navneet Sehgal said.
Goel has been made the Director General (DG) of the Civil Defence department, the statement said.
It added that Goel was removed from the post of DGP for neglecting official work, not taking interest in departmental work and inefficiency.
Goel, a UP cadre IPS officer of 1987, was appointed the State's DGP in July 2021, replacing Hitesh Chandra Awasthy. Back then he had said that his focus would be on controlling the rising crime in the state and ensuring that policemen are sensitive and connected to its people.
Last month in April, Goel was missing from a key meeting chaired by Adityanath and soon rumours were rife that the chief minister was unhappy with Goel's operations. A report by News18 states that Goel was reportedly missing from important meetings of the state department.
Goel, a 1987-batch IPS officer, was appointed the Uttar Pradesh police chief in June last year. Before that, he had served as an additional director general of the Border Security Force.
Born in Muzaffarnagar, Goel has a B.Tech degree in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.
Goel had served as the Superintendent of Police and Senior Superintendent of Police in Almora, Jalaun, Mainpuri, Hathras, Azamgarh, Gorakhpur, Varanasi, Saharanpur and Meerut districts.
He was also posted in the Indo-Tibetan Border Police and the National Disaster Response Force.
