Varanasi Police Commissionerate

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 , who is an IPS officer of Additional [director general of police|ADGP] rank, and is assisted by two Additional Commissioners of Police who are of Deputy [Inspector General of Police|DIG] rank, and two Deputy Commissioners of Police, 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, whereas the Varanasi range is headed by an IPS officer in the rank of Inspector General of Police.
The police administration of Varanasi district was headed by the Senior Superintendent of Police, who was an IPS officer. He was assisted by four Superintendents of Police /Additional Superintendents of Police . The district was divided into eight police circles, each with a responsibilitiesrcle Officer in the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police.

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 of DIG rank.
There are a total of 30 stations 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
#Rohaniya 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

S.No	Name of PPS Officer	Rank	Posted as
1	MAMTA RANI CHAUDHARY	ADDL. SP	ADCP WOMEN CRIME
2	RAJESH KUMAR PANDEY	ADDL. SP	ADCP TRAFFIC & PROTOCOL
3	KRISHNA KANT SAROJ	ADDL. SP	ADCP PROTOCOL & HQ
4	VIRENDRA KUMAR	ADDL. SP	ADCP SECURITY
5	RAJ KUMAR SINGH	DSP	ACP HQ
6	AMIT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA	DSP	ACP SECURITY KVM-GVM
7	VIKAS SRIVASTAVA	DSP	ACP TRAFFIC
8	ANJANI KUMAR RAI	DSP	ACP SURAKSHA
9	AJAY KUMAR SRIVASTAVA	DSP	ACP RAJATALAB
10	DR. ATUL ANJAAN TRIPATHI	DSP	ACP SARNATH
11	DHANANJAY MISHRA	DSP	ACP BHELUPUR
12	GAURAV KUMAR	DSP	ACP CYBER & WOMEN CRIME, EOW
13	VIDUSH SAXENA	DSP	ACP CANTT
14	MISS. PRAGYA PATHAK	DSP	ACP DASHASHWMEDH
15	AMIT KUMAR PANDEY	DSP	ACP KOTWALI
16	PRATEEK KUMAR	DSP	ACP PINDRA
17	SANJEEV KUMAR SHARMA	DSP	ACP 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.

S. No	Name	Rank	From	To	Note
1	A. Satish Ganesh	ADG	25 March 2021	28 November 2022	First CP of Varanasi
2	Mutha Ashok Jain	ADG	29 November 2022	11 March 2023
3	Mohit Agarwal	ADG	11 March 2023	**