Mukul Goel
Director General of Uttar Pradesh Police
In office June 2021 – 11 May 2022
Preceded by	Hitesh Chandra Awasthy
Personal details
Born	22 February 1964 Shamli, Uttar Pradesh
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	IIT Delhi
Occupation	IPS Officer
Awards	President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service Police Medal for Meritorious Service Police Medal for Gallantry
Police career
Department	Uttar Pradesh Police
Service years	1987−present
Rank	Director General of Police

Mukul Goel is an Indian civil servant. He is the current Director General civil defence at Indian state Uttar Pradesh from May 2022^[1] and had previously served as the Additional Director General (ADG) of Border Security Force.^[2] He was suspended by the erstwhile Mayawati's government in 2007 for alleged irregularities in police recruitment.^[3] He is 1987 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.^[1] On 11 May 2022 Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath removed Director General of Police Mukul Goel from his post for inefficiency and neglecting his work. At present^[when?] he is working as DGP (Civil Defence) at UP Police.

Early life

He was born on 22 February 1964 in Shamli (earlier part of Muzaffarnagar district), Uttar Pradesh, India. He holds a Bachelor of Technology degree in Electrical engineering from IIT Delhi.^[4]

Career

Mukul Goel served Uttar Pradesh Police in various capacities such as police chief of districts like Gorakhpur, Varanasi, Mainpuri, Azamgarh, Saharanpur and Meerut. He also served as Deputy inspector general of police (DIG) in Kanpur, Agra and Bareilly ranges. In 2013, he served as the Additional director general of police (Law and Order) after riots broke out in Muzaffarnagar and its neighboring districts. Later, he served as ADG of Criminal Investigation Department and ADG (Indian Railways).^[5] In 2016, Goel was appointed as the IG of Border Security Force and moved to New Delhi on deputation.^[6] In June 2021, the Yogi Adityanath-led Government of Uttar Pradesh appointed him as the Director General of Police of the state.^[1][7][8]

Honours and decorations

• Police Medal for Gallantry, 2003^[4]
• Police Medal for Meritorious service, 2003^[4]
• President's Police Medal for Distinguished service, 2012^[4]

Controversies

In 2000, he was suspended after the murder of BJP politician and legislator Nirbhay Pal Sharma during his tenure in Saharanpur as SSP. It was also alleged that Nirbhay Pal Sharma had called the police but the police did not respond on time.^[9][10]

In September 2007, Mukul Goel, along with other 24 IPS officers were suspended by then UP Chief minister Mayawati after various FIRs were lodged against them for alleged irregularities in the recruitment of Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC), Police and Radio wireless personnel. Later, they were reinstated when all the cases were withdrawn by then Akhilesh Yadav-led government in 2012 when Samajwadi Party (SP) came in power.^[11][6][12]