LUCKNOW, Oct. 6 -- The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday carried out a major reshuffle in the police department, transferring four senior IPS officers. Additional director general (security) Raghubir Lal, a 1997-batch officer decorated with two Presidential Gallantry Medals, has been appointed the new police commissioner of Kanpur Nagar. He replaces Akhil Kumar, who has been sent on central deputation.

The transfer follows the appointment of outgoing Kanpur police commissioner Akhil Kumar as chief executive officer (CEO) of the Digital India Corporation (DIC) under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). He will serve in the rank and pay scale of an additional secretary to the Government of India.

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