Uttar Pradesh DGP Mukul Goel removed for disobeying orders, neglecting duty

Mukul Goel, a 1987-batch IPS officer, was appointed the Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP) in June last year.

LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh government led by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanth on Wednesday removed the state police chief Mukul Goel from his post for allegedly ''neglecting his work and disobeying orders,'' according to news agency ANI. 

Goel has now been made the Director General (DG) of the Civil Defence department, a UP government order said. The statement added that Goel was removed from the post of DGP for allegedly "neglecting official work and not taking interest in departmental work.''

This is also the first time that a DGP has been removed on such charges. Goel, a 1987-batch IPS officer, was appointed the Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP) in June last year. 

Additional Director General (ADG), Law and Order, Prashant Kumar has been given charge in the absence of the DGP, said reports.

According to sources, his removal is linked to the failure of the UP police to make a "water-tight" case against SP MLA Azam Khan, which led to the Supreme Court ticking off the state government.