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Police chief transferred
The matter of their absence was raised in the Vidhan Sabha by the Opposition parties, who termed it as "irresponsible".
Varanasi Police chief Navneet Sikera, who was away from the temple town at the time of the blasts, has been transferred by the Uttar Pradesh government.
Principal Secretary, Home, Alok Sinha said that Sikera had been replaced by Senior Superintendent of Police Moradabad, GK Goswami.
It was later learned that District Magistrate of Varanasi Nitin R Gokarn was also out of the city that night.
While Sikera and his deputy SP (City) Anant Dev were away attending a marriage at Saifai, ancestral village of Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, Gokarn was on leave.
The matter of their absence was raised in the Vidhan Sabha by the Opposition parties, who termed it as "irresponsible".
Senior Superintendent of Police, Mau, Sujit Pandey would be the new District Police Chief of Moradabad.
