Jagmohan Yadav

Jagmohan Yadav is a retired 1983 batch IPS officer belonging to Uttar Pradesh Cadre who has served as the Director General of Uttar Pradesh Police.

Jagmohan Yadav
Director General of Uttar Pradesh Police
In office 1 July 2015 – 31 December 2015
Preceded by	Arvind Kumar Jain
Succeeded by	S. Javeed Ahmad
Director General of Crime Branch-Crime Investigation Department (CB-CID)
In office 31 December 2014 – 30 June 2015
Personal details
Born	(1955-12-30) 30 December 1955 (age 69) Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh[1]
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Allahabad University
Occupation	IPS Officer
Awards	President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service[1] Police Medal for Meritorious Service[1] 50th Anniversary Independence Medal[1]
Police career
Department	Uttar Pradesh Police
Service years	1983-2015
Rank	Director General of Police

Yadav addressing a press conference

Education

Yadav has a postgraduate degree in philosophy (MA:Philosophy) from Allahabad University.^[1]

Career

Apart from serving as the Director General (DG) of Uttar Pradesh Police, Yadav served in key positions in Uttar Pradesh Government (Police) including as Additional Director General (Law and Order), Inspector General (IG) of Meerut, Bareilly and Gorakhpur Zones, Inspector General of Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (UP STF), Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Lucknow, Barielly Gorakhpur Ranges.^{[2][3][4][5][6]} He also served as the Director General of CB-CID (Crime Branch-Criminal Investigation Department).^[6]

He was also the District Senior Superintendent of Police/Superintendent of Police (SSP/SP) of Kanpur, Agra, Saharanpur, Dehradun, Sitapur, Deoaria and Maharajganj districts.^[6]

Yadav retired on 31 December 2015.^[7][8][9]

Decorations

^[1][6][10]

• Police Medal for meritorious service - Received on 26 January 2000
• President's Police Medal for distinguished service - Received on 26 January 2011
• 50th Independence Anniversary Medal - Received on 15 August 1997

See also

• Uttar Pradesh Police