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Varanasi Police Commissionerate

{{Short description|Police department of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}

{{Use Indian English|date=May 2022}}

{{Infobox police

| agencyname = Varanasi Police Commissionerate

| nativename =

| patch = Uttar Pradesh Logo.png

| patchcaption = Varanasi Police Commissionerate

| flag = Uttar Pradesh Police Flag.svg

| flagcaption = Flag of Varanasi Police

| commonname = Varanasi Police

| motto = Surakṣā āpakī, saṃkalpa hamārā (Hindi)

| mottotranslated = "Your Safety, Our Pledge"

| formed = {{start date and age|25 March 2021}}

| preceding1 = Varanasi Police

| country = India

| divname = Uttar Pradesh

| map = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=India/Uttar Pradesh/Varanasi.map}}

| legaljuris = Varanasi and Ramnagar town

| police = Yes

| local = Yes

| speciality1 =

| speciality2 =

| speciality3 =

| speciality4 =

| oversightbody = Department of Home & Confidential,
Government of Uttar Pradesh

| headquarters = Kacheri Parisar, Opposite Circuit House Gate, Varanasi

| electeetype = Minister

| minister1name = Yogi Adityanath {{small|(Chief Minister)}}

| minister1pfo = Minister of Home Affairs

| chief1name = Mohit Agarwal IPS

| chief1position = Commissioner of Police

| parentagency = Uttar Pradesh Police

| child1agency = Cyber Crime

| child2agency = Crime Against Women

| child3agency = Traffic Police

| child4agency = River Police

| child5agency = Anti-Human Trafficking

| child6agency = Dial 112

| child7agency = Crime Branch

| officetype = Commissionerate

| stationtype = Thana

| stations = 30 (including Mahila Thana & Paryatak Thana)

| vehicles1 = Dial 112, PRV, Bikes, Boats

}}

The Varanasi Police Commissionerate is the primary law enforcement agency for the city of Varanasi in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.{{Cite news |author=Pathikrit Chakraborty|date=26 March 2021 |title=UP: Varanasi, Kanpur Nagar get first police commissioners |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/up-varanasi-kanpur-nagar-get-first-police-commissioners/articleshow/81701526.cms |access-date=1 May 2022 |work=The Times of India |language=en}} It is a unit of the Uttar Pradesh Police and has the primary responsibilities of law enforcement and investigation within the limits of Varanasi. It is headed by the Commissioner of Police (CP), who is an IPS officer of ADGP rank, and is assisted by two Additional Commissioners of Police (Addl. CP) who are of DIG rank, and two Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCP), who are of SP rank.

History

Before March 2021, Varanasi District Police came under the Varanasi Police Zone and Varanasi Police Range of Uttar Pradesh Police. Varanasi zone is headed by an IPS officer in the rank of Additional Director General of Police (ADG), whereas the Varanasi range is headed by an IPS officer in the rank of Inspector General of Police (IG).{{Cite web |date=27 March 2021 |title=Kanpur, Varanasi cities get first police commissioners |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/lucknow-news/kanpur-varanasi-cities-get-first-police-commissioners-101616786191043.html |access-date=1 May 2022 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}

The police administration of Varanasi district was headed by the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), who was an IPS officer. He was assisted by four{{Cite journal |title=Administrative Officers |url=https://cdn.s3waas.gov.in/s36da37dd3139aa4d9aa55b8d237ec5d4a/uploads/2018/02/2018022056.pdf |journal=Varanasi Admin.}} Superintendents of Police (SP)/Additional Superintendents of Police (Addl. SP) (City, Rural, Protocol, Traffic). The district was divided into eight police circles, each with a responsibilitiesrcle Officer (CO) in the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police.

Structure

The Varanasi Police Commissionerate is headed by a Police Commissioner who is of ADG rank and is assisted by two Additional Commissioner of Police (Addl. CP) of DIG rank.

There are a total of 30 stations[https://uppolice.gov.in/pdf/notification_vns.pdf Notifications] uppolice.gov.in that come under the Varanasi Police Commissionerate. Earlier, it had two zones with 18 police stations; on 15 November 2022, it was reorganised with Gomti as the new zone. With the new zone Varanasi Rural Police was merged into the Commissionerate.{{Cite news |author=Amar Ujala |date=15 November 2022 |title=काशी और वरुणा के बाद अब गोमती जोन:वाराणसी पुलिस कमिश्नरेट में अब 3 जोन और 9 सर्किल; थाने हुए 30 |website=www.bhaskar.com |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/news/now-varanasi-police-commissionerate-will-be-in-three-zones-and-9-circles-police-station-31-130561306.html |lang=hi |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114232305/https://www.bhaskar.com/local/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/news/now-varanasi-police-commissionerate-will-be-in-three-zones-and-9-circles-police-station-31-130561306.html |archive-date=Nov 14, 2022}}

=Zones=

  • Varuna Zone
  • # Cantt. Circle
  • # Sarnath Circle
  • # Rohaniya Circle
  • Kashi Zone
  • # Bhelupur Circle
  • # Kotwali Circle
  • # Dashaswamedh Circle
  • # Chetganj Circle
  • Gomti Zone
  • #Pindra Circle
  • #Rohaniya Circle

Source:{{Cite web |title=पुलिस कमिश्नरेट सिस्टम: वाराणसी शहर काशी और वरुणा जोन में बंटा, पांच सर्किल के दायरे में 18 थाने |url=https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/police-commissionerate-system-in-varanasi-city-is-divided-into-kashi-and-varuna-zones |access-date=2 May 2022 |website=Amar Ujala |language=hi}}

Police Stations

Under the police commissionerate system in Varanasi, the city's 30 police stations are divided into three zones: Kashi, Varuna and Gomti. 9 circles have been earmarked in three zones. 30 police stations come under the purview of these 9 circles.

= Varuna Zone =

  • Cantt. Circle
  1. Cantt.
  2. Shivpur
  3. Lalpur-Pandeypur
  • Sarnath Circle
  1. Sarnath
  2. Chaubeypur
  3. Cholapur
  4. Paryatak Thana
  • Rohaniya Circle
  1. Rohaniya
  2. Manduadih
  3. Lohta

= Kashi Zone =

  • Bhelupur Circle
  1. Bhelupur
  2. Lanka
  3. Chitaipur
  • Kotwali Circle
  1. Kotwali
  2. Ramnagar
  3. Adampur
  4. Mahila Thana
  • Dashaswamedh Circle
  1. Dashaswamedh
  2. Chowk
  3. Luxa
  • Chetganj Circle
  1. Chetganj
  2. Jaitpura
  3. Sigra

= Gomti Zone =

  • Rajatalab Circle
  1. Rajatalab
  2. Mirzamurad
  3. Kapsethi
  4. Jansa
  • Pindra Circle
  1. Sindhaura
  2. Badagaon
  3. Phoolpur
  4. Mahila Thana

Officers & Appointments

class="wikitable"

|+IPS Officers

!S.No

!Name of IPS Officer

!Rank

!Posted as

1

|MOHIT AGARWAL

|ADG

|COMMISSIONER OF POLICE

2

|DR. K. EJILEARASSANE

|IG

|JOINT COMMISSIONER OF POLICE HQ/CRIME

3

|SHIVASIMPI CHANNAPPA

|DIG

|ADDL. COMM. OF POLICE LAW & ORDER , COMMISIONARATE

4

|SURYA KANT TRIPATHI

|SP

|DCP SECURITY & INTELIJENCE

5

|PRAMOD KUMAR

|SP

|DCP KASHI zone

6

|HIRDESH KUMAR

|SP

|DCP TRAFFIC & PROTOCOL

7

|SHYAM NARAYAN SINGH

|SP

|DCP VARUNA ZONE, HQ & ACC

8

|MANISH KUMAR SHANDILYA

|ADDL. SP

|DCP GOMATI ZONE & LINE

9

|CHANDRA KANT MEENA

|ADDL. SP

|ADCP KASHI ZONE

10

|AKASH PATEL

|ADDL. SP

|ADCP GOMATI ZONE & LINE

11

|SARAVANAN. T

|ADDL. SP

|ADCP VARUNA ZONE AND CRIME

12

|SHRUTI SRIVASTAVA

|ADDL. SP

|ACP LINE

13

|NEETU

|ADDL. SP

|ACP CHETGANJ & LINE

14

|DEVENDRA KUMAR

|ASP

|SHO Chaubepur

class="wikitable"

|+PPS Officers

!S.No

!Name of PPS Officer

!Rank

!Posted as

1

|MAMTA RANI CHAUDHARY

|ADDL. SP

|ADCP WOMEN CRIME

2

|RAJESH KUMAR PANDEY

|ADDL. SP

|ADCP TRAFFIC & PROTOCOL

3

|KRISHNA KANT SAROJ

|ADDL. SP

|ADCP PROTOCOL & HQ

4

|VIRENDRA KUMAR

|ADDL. SP

|ADCP SECURITY

5

|RAJ KUMAR SINGH

|DSP

|ACP HQ

6

|AMIT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA

|DSP

|ACP SECURITY KVM-GVM

7

|VIKAS SRIVASTAVA

|DSP

|ACP TRAFFIC

8

|ANJANI KUMAR RAI

|DSP

|ACP SURAKSHA

9

|AJAY KUMAR SRIVASTAVA

|DSP

|ACP RAJATALAB

10

|DR. ATUL ANJAAN TRIPATHI

|DSP

|ACP SARNATH

11

|DHANANJAY MISHRA

|DSP

|ACP BHELUPUR

12

|GAURAV KUMAR

|DSP

|ACP CYBER & WOMEN CRIME, EOW

13

|VIDUSH SAXENA

|DSP

|ACP CANTT

14

|MISS. PRAGYA PATHAK

|DSP

|ACP DASHASHWMEDH

15

|AMIT KUMAR PANDEY

|DSP

|ACP KOTWALI

16

|PRATEEK KUMAR

|DSP

|ACP PINDRA

17

|SANJEEV KUMAR SHARMA

|DSP

|ACP ROHANIYA

Commissioner of Police

{{Infobox official post

| post = Commissioner

| body = Varanasi Police

| incumbent = Mohit Agarwal

| incumbentsince = 11 March 2023

| residence = Varanasi Cantonment Area

| appointer = Department Of Home & Confidential

| first = A. Satish Ganesh

| abbreviation = CP

| native_name = वाराणसी पुलिस आयुक्त

| insignia = Director General of Police.png

| insigniasize = 45

| deputy = Addl. Commissioner of Police

}}

There have been two commissioners of Varanasi Police since its formation as a commissionerate on May 25, 2021. The first one is A. Satish Ganesh, a 1996 batch IPS officer and the present Commissioner is ADG Ashok Mutha Jain, a 1995 batch IPS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre, who took office on November 29 ,2022.

class="wikitable"

|+List of Commissioner of Police

!S. No

!Name

!Rank

!From

!To

!Note

1

|A. Satish Ganesh{{Cite web |title=आईपीएस ए. सतीश गणेश बने वाराणसी कमिश्नरेट के पहले पुलिस कमिश्नर, अन्य पदों पर भी अफसरों की तैनाती |url=https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/ips-a-satish-ganesh-became-the-first-police-commissioner-of-varanasi-commissionerate |access-date=18 May 2022 |website=Amar Ujala |language=hi}}

|ADG

|25 March 2021

|28 November 2022

|First CP of Varanasi

2

|Mutha Ashok Jain{{Cite news |last=Bureau |first=The Hindu |date=2022-11-29 |title=Agra, Ghaziabad and Prayagraj get first police commissioners |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/agra-ghaziabad-and-prayagraj-get-first-police-commissioners/article66199018.ece |access-date=2022-11-30 |issn=0971-751X}}

|ADG

|29 November 2022

|11 March 2023

|

3

|Mohit Agarwal

|ADG

|11 March 2023

|**

|

See also

References

{{Varanasi}}{{Law enforcement in India}}

Category:Uttar Pradesh Police

Category:Varanasi

Category:Metropolitan law enforcement agencies of India

Category:2021 establishments in Uttar Pradesh

Category:Government agencies established in 2021