Ambarish Chandra Sharma has been appointed new Director General of Police in Uttar Pradesh. He replaces Atul who has been made DG Home Guards. DGP (PAC) Brij Lal has been sent to BR Ambedkar Police Academy, Moradabad. The State government late last night transferred 26 senior police officers including district police chiefs of Kanpur, Mathura, Rampur, Firozabad and Baghpat.The Akhilesh Yadav government also transferred more than 30 IAS officers including Chairman of NOIDA and Yamuna Expressway.AIR correspondent reports that 17 district magistrates have also been transferred. These include DMs of Gautam Buddha Nagar, Lucknow, Kanpur, Sitapur, Faizabad, Pratapgarh, Chhatrapati Sahuji Maharaj Nagar, Baghpat, Bulandshahr, Unnao, Kushinagar, Jaunpur, Shahjahanpur, Meerut, Barabanki, Muzaffarnagar and Rampur districts.