LUCKNOW, Aug. 26 -- The Uttar Pradesh government has transferred five senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officers, confirmed a press note from the state police headquarters here on Tuesday.

It said three IPS officers MK Bashal (1990 batch), Jai Narain Singh (1994 batch) and Prashant Kumar (2000 batch) have been transferred to new positions. MK Bashal, currently posted as director general at the UP Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) in Lucknow, will now serve as the director general of home guards.

Jai Narain Singh, who is currently additional director general at Sitapur Police Training Centre, will replace Bashal as new ADG of the UPPCL and Prashant Kumar, who is currently the ADG (administration) in UP, will now have additional charge o...