The Uttar Pradesh Government on Monday said that senior IPS officer Alok Singh will be the first police commissioner of Noida. The Government also named Sujit Pandey as the first police commissioner of Lucknow.
While Alok Singh was Additional Director General of Police, Meerut, Sujit Pandey was ADG in Prayagraj.
Soon after the UP Cabinet gave its approval for the commissionerate system of policing in two cities, an official spokesman said IGP attached to DGP (HQ) Naveen Arora and IG Provincial Armed Constabulary (HQ) Lucknow Nilabja Chaudhary will be the two joint police commissioners of Lucknow.
DIG PAC (HQ) Lucknow, Akhilesh Kumar, and DIG Jail Administration Sriparna Ganguli will be additional police commissioners of Noida.