1987 Batch IPS Mukul Goel appointed as new DGP of Uttar Pradesh

Mukul Goel (File Photo)

Lucknow: Mukul Goel has been appointed the new Director General of Police (DGP) of Uttar Pradesh, the state government said in a statement here on Wednesday.

An IPS officer of the 1987 batch, Mukul Goel is currently posted as the Additional DG Operations in the Border Security Force (BSF), the statement said.

डाइनामाइट न्यूज़ पर ख़बर चलने के बाद दिल्ली ने बढ़ाया ज़बरदस्त दबाव

मुकुल गोयल यूपी के नये DGP नियुक्त@DynamiteNews_

— Manoj Tibrewal Aakash (@Manoj_Tibrewal) June 30, 2021

Goel replaces H C Awasthy, who retired on Wednesday. Goel told PTI that his focus will be “crime control and rule of law”.

Hailing from UP''s Muzaffarnagar, Goel was born on February 22, 1964 and has done BTech in Electrical Engineering from the IIT, Delhi.

यूपी की हर एक ख़बर सबसे पहले सबसे सटीक सिर्फ़ डाइनामाइट न्यूज़ पर:

मुकुल गोयल के DGP बनने के बाद सबसे बड़ा उलटफेर यूपी की टॉप ब्यूरोक्रेसी में

जाति कार्ड के शिकार हुए ACS नियुक्ति मुकुल सिंघल, भेजा गया रेवेन्यू बोर्ड

देवेश चतुर्वेदी को बनाया गया नियुक्ति विभाग का नया बॉस

— Manoj Tibrewal Aakash (@Manoj_Tibrewal) June 30, 2021

He also has a certificate of proficiency in French and a diploma in Disaster Management.

Goel earlier worked as an SP/SSP in Almora, Jalaun, Mainpuri, Hathras, Azamgarh, Gorakhpur, Varanasi, Saharanpur and Meerut districts of the state.

He was also posted in the Indo-Tibetan Border Police and the National Disaster Response Force.

Goel was awarded the Police Medal for Gallantry in 2003. (PTI)