He has been made the Director-General of the Civil Defence department. Goel, a 1987-batch IPS officer, was appointed the Uttar Pradesh DGP in June last year
File image of Mukul Goel. Twitter/@UPPolice
Uttar Pradesh police chief Mukul Goel was on Wednesday removed from his post “for neglecting his work,” an official statement said.
He has been made the Director General (DG) of the Civil Defence department, it added.
The statement also said that Goel was removed from the post of DGP for neglecting official work and not taking interest in departmental work.
Citing sources News18 said that the decision was taken by chief minister Yogi Adityanath after Goel allegedly disobeyed orders.
Goel, a 1987-batch IPS officer, was appointed the Uttar Pradesh director general of police (DGP) in June last year.
He had earlier worked as SP/SSP in Almora, Jalaun, Mainpuri, Hathras, Azamgarh, Gorakhpur, Varanasi, Saharanpur and Meerut districts, NDTV reported.
Goel was also posted in the Indo-Tibetan Border Police and the National Disaster Response Force, the report added.
With inputs from agencies
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