DG (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar has been made acting DGP in Uttar Pradesh. He will replace outgoing DGP Vijay Kumar. Vijay Kumar was also the acting DGP. That too DS Chauhan was the acting DGP. Thus, Prashant Kumar has been made acting DGP for the fourth consecutive time. IPS Prashant Kumar, who has a very tough and honest personality, is a 1990 batch officer. Only last year, he was promoted from ADG to DG and currently the DG was handling the responsibility of law and order.
IPS Prashant Kumar, born in Hathori village of Hussainganj block in Siwan district of Bihar, has a deep understanding of the policing system. After being selected in IPS, he got Tamil Nadu cadre. Although he joined UP cadre in 1994. He has received Police Medal three times for bravery and excellent work. He was also honored with gallantry award in 2020 and 2021. Let us tell you that in view of the retirement of outgoing DGP Vijay Kumar, the exercise to appoint a new DGP had started in Uttar Pradesh since a week.
It was hoped that perhaps this time Uttar Pradesh would get a full-time DGP. However, these hopes were dashed three days ago and after seeing the panel sent by the Uttar Pradesh government to the Centre, it became clear that this time too the state will have to manage with the acting DGP. Finally, the Uttar Pradesh government, fed up with the departure of outgoing DGP Vijay Kumar, issued the order for the appointment of 1990 batch IPS Prashant Kumar.
Prashant Kumar had become the era of criminals
Actually, when IPS Prashant Kumar was the SSP of Ghaziabad, in those days he had become the era of crime and criminals. He had created a new record of encounter in Ghaziabad in the year 2012. It is said that due to their fear, all the criminals of Ghaziabad, which has become a crime city, either left the district or surrendered and went to jail.
He had not been in Ghaziabad for even a year when there was some problem in law and order in Lakhimpur Kheri and he was made the SSP there. According to police records, Prashant Kumar had done the work of disposing of notorious criminals Vikas Dubey, Atiq Ahmed, Sanjeev Jeeva, Kagga Gang, Mukim Kala, Sushil Mustchhu, Anil Dujana. During the first term of CM Yogi, these miscreants had become a headache for the government.
Discussion from the encounter of gangster Vikas Dubey
Later, after becoming ADG and STF in-charge, IPS Prashant Kumar once again came into limelight in the year 2021 due to the encounter of gangster Vikas Dubey. Earlier, between 2015 and 2017, he was also in the headlines for the complete destruction of dacoits in Chitrakoot and the reorganization of UP STF. The remaining task was completed by the recent episode of Prayagraj in 2023. With this, Prashant Kumar came into the good books of CM Yogi. It is being told that the Yogi government has rewarded him by making him acting DGP.
