The Varanasi Police Commissionerate is the primary law enforcement agency for the city of Varanasi in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. 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).
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 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 Circle Officer (CO) in the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police. This administration of the police now falls under the Varanasi Police Commissionerate.
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 stationsNotifications 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.
Zones Varuna Zone Cantt. Circle Sarnath Circle Rohaniya Circle Kashi Zone Bhelupur Circle Kotwali Circle Dashaswamedh Circle Chetganj Circle Gomti Zone Pindra Circle Rajatalab Circle
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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 Cantt. Shivpur Lalpur-Pandeypur
Sarnath Circle Sarnath Chaubeypur Cholapur Paryatak Thana
Rohaniya Circle
Rohaniya Manduadih Lohta
Kashi Zone Bhelupur Circle Bhelupur Lanka Chitaipur
Kotwali Circle Kotwali Ramnagar Adampur Mahila Thana
Dashaswamedh Circle Dashaswamedh Chowk Luxa
Chetganj Circle Chetganj Jaitpura Sigra
Gomti Zone
Rajatalab Circle
Rajatalab Mirzamurad Kapsethi Jansa
Pindra Circle
Sindhaura Badagaon Phoolpur Mahila Thana
Officers & Appointments +IPS OfficersS.NoName of IPS OfficerRankPosted as1MOHIT AGARWALADGCOMMISSIONER OF POLICE2DR. K. EJILEARASSANEIGJOINT COMMISSIONER OF POLICE HQ/CRIME3SHIVASIMPI CHANNAPPADIGADDL. COMM. OF POLICE LAW & ORDER, COMMISIONARATE4SURYA KANT TRIPATHISPDCP SECURITY & INTELIJENCE5PRAMOD KUMARSPDCP KASHI zone6HIRDESH KUMARSPDCP TRAFFIC & PROTOCOL7SHYAM NARAYAN SINGHSPDCP VARUNA ZONE, HQ & ACC8MANISH KUMAR SHANDILYAADDL. SPDCP GOMATI ZONE & LINE9CHANDRA KANT MEENAADDL. SPADCP KASHI ZONE10AKASH PATELADDL. SPADCP GOMATI ZONE & LINE11SARAVANAN. TADDL. SPADCP VARUNA ZONE AND CRIME12SHRUTI SRIVASTAVAADDL. SPACP LINE13NEETUADDL. SPACP CHETGANJ & LINE14DEVENDRA KUMARASPSHO Chaubepur +PPS OfficersS.NoName of PPS OfficerRankPosted as1MAMTA RANI CHAUDHARYADDL. SPADCP WOMEN CRIME2RAJESH KUMAR PANDEYADDL. SPADCP TRAFFIC & PROTOCOL3KRISHNA KANT SAROJADDL. SPADCP PROTOCOL & HQ4VIRENDRA KUMARADDL. SPADCP SECURITY5RAJ KUMAR SINGHDSPACP HQ6AMIT KUMAR SRIVASTAVADSPACP SECURITY KVM-GVM7VIKAS SRIVASTAVADSPACP TRAFFIC8ANJANI KUMAR RAIDSPACP SURAKSHA9AJAY KUMAR SRIVASTAVADSPACP RAJATALAB10DR. ATUL ANJAAN TRIPATHIDSPACP SARNATH11DHANANJAY MISHRADSPACP BHELUPUR12GAURAV KUMARDSPACP CYBER & WOMEN CRIME, EOW13VIDUSH SAXENADSPACP CANTT14MISS. PRAGYA PATHAKDSPACP DASHASHWMEDH15AMIT KUMAR PANDEYDSPACP KOTWALI16PRATEEK KUMARDSPACP PINDRA17SANJEEV KUMAR SHARMADSPACP ROHANIYA
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. +List of Commissioner of PoliceS. NoNameRankFromToNote1A. Satish GaneshADG25 March 202128 November 2022First CP of Varanasi2Mutha Ashok JainADG29 November 202211 March 20233Mohit AgarwalADG11 March 2023**
See also
Varanasi Uttar Pradesh Police Lucknow City Police
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