{"id":1203,"date":"2026-06-01T08:00:54","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T02:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theindianview.in\/en\/?p=1203"},"modified":"2026-06-01T08:00:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T02:30:54","slug":"up-gets-permanent-dgp-after-4-years-rajeev-krishna-appointed-state-police-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theindianview.in\/en\/up-gets-permanent-dgp-after-4-years-rajeev-krishna-appointed-state-police-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"UP gets permanent DGP after 4 years, Rajeev Krishna appointed state police chief"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Lucknow ( Raghwendra Pratap Singh) : <\/strong>Ending nearly four years of uncertainty at the top of the state&#8217;s police hierarchy, the Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday appointed 1991 batch IPS Rajeev Krishna as the state&#8217;s new Director General of Police (DGP), making him the first permanent police chief since 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Krishna who had succeeded Prashant Kumar as acting DGP last year in May 2025, will now head the country&#8217;s largest police force with nearly three years of service remaining before his retirement in June 2029. Krishna , who is also currently serving as Director General of Vigilance Establishment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/theindianview.in\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/189494-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theindianview.in\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/189494-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theindianview.in\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/189494-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theindianview.in\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/189494-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theindianview.in\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/189494-390x220.jpg 390w, https:\/\/theindianview.in\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/189494.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>His appointment marks the end of a prolonged phase during which Uttar Pradesh functioned without a permanent police chief. The last regular DGP was Mukul Goel, who was removed from the post in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since then, the state has seen four acting police chiefs\u2014D S Chauhan, R K Vishwakarma, Vijay Kumar and Prashant Kumar.Following the cancellation of the constable recruitment examination amid allegations of a paper leak in 2024, he was entrusted with the responsibility of conducting the fresh recruitment process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lucknow ( Raghwendra Pratap Singh) : Ending nearly four years of uncertainty at the top of the state&#8217;s police hierarchy, the Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday appointed 1991 batch IPS Rajeev Krishna as the state&#8217;s new Director General of Police (DGP), making him the first permanent police chief since 2022. 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