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Badaun SSP Ankita Sharma Transfers 65 Police Personnel; Who is This IPS Officer?
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News18•24-09-2026, 17:41
Badaun SSP Ankita Sharma Transfers 65 Police Personnel; Who is This IPS Officer?
- •Badaun SSP Ankita Sharma has ordered the transfer of 65 police personnel, including those from police stations, police lines, UP-112, traffic police, and cyber police stations.
- •Ankita Sharma is a 2018 batch IPS officer, born on July 23, 1992, in Jaipur, Rajasthan. She holds a BTech in Electrical Engineering from NIT Jamshedpur.
- •After engineering, she pursued civil services, joining the IPS on August 27, 2018.
- •She has held significant responsibilities as DCP South in Kanpur, DCP in Varanasi, and SP in Kasganj.
- •In March 2026, she became SSP of Badaun after the previous SSP was removed following the murder of two officers at the HPCL plant.
Key Questions Answered
Ankita Sharma is a 2018 batch IPS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre who originally hails from Jaipur, Rajasthan, and holds a BTech in Electrical Engineering from NIT Jamshedpur.
She was given the command of Badaun in March 2026 after the previous SSP, Dr. Brajesh Kumar Singh, was removed following the murder of two officers at the district's HPCL plant.
The transfer list changing the work areas of 65 head constables, constables, and drivers across various police stations and units was released on September 24, 2026.
