In a move that marked the first woman to run a police commissionerate in Uttar Pradesh, senior IPS officer Laxmi Singh (IPS:2000:UP) took charge of Gautam Buddh Nagar (Noida) Police Commissioner on Wednesday, nearly three years after the state established its first police commissionerates in Gautam Budh Nagar and Lucknow.
She is the second Police Commissioner of Noida and replaces Alok Singh (IPS:1995:UP), who has been shifted to the DGP’s office in Lucknow as the Additional Director General of Police.
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Prior to her appointment as CP of Noida, she served as Inspector General (IG), Lucknow Range. With a BTech in mechanical engineering and a Masters in Sociology, she has served as SP/SSP in Varanasi, Chitrakoot, Gonda, Farrukhabad, Baghpat, and Bulandshahar. In 2013 and 2018, she was promoted to the rank of DIG and IG, respectively.
Her campaigns against organized crime and the mafia have often put her in the limelight. Impressed with her flamboyance, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath gave Singh the responsibility of the IG, Lucknow Range in 2019.
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In the past, Ms. Singh served as the DIG of the Special Task Force in Gautam Buddha Nagar. It was however only for a very short time, from January to March of 2018.
She was adjudged the finest probationer at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy in Hyderabad. She was awarded the Prime Minister’s silver baton and the Home Minister’s pistol during her training. Another in her collection of medals includes the UP chief minister’s excellence in police service, awarded to her last year.
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She is the wife of Uttar Pradesh BJP MLA Rajeshwar Singh, who previously served as a Joint Director in the Enforcement Directorate.
The state government, last week, announced three new police commissionerates in three districts of Ghaziabad, Agra and Prayagraj. This was in addition to four existing ones in Lucknow, Gautam Buddh Nagar (Noida), Varanasi and Kanpur.
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