Complying with the Election Commission’s recommendation, UP government on Thursday appointed G L Sharma as the new Director General of Police. It also brought in a new Home Secretary in a major bureaucratic reshuffle ahead of the Assembly Elections next month. Sharma replaces Bua Singh, whose voluntary retirement application has been accepted by the state government, an official release here said. K Chandramauli has been made Principal Secretary (Home), while J S Deepak has been appointed Divisional Commissioner of Meerut. Chandrabhanu and Madhukar Dwivedi have been made district magistrates of Etah and Saharanpur districts respectively, the release said. While Atul has been made new Additional Director General (law and order), Javeed Ahmad will be the new IGP of Kanpur zone.
