UP Govt Suspends IPS Officer Amitabh Thakur For Violating Service Rules

14 July, Lucknow

Uttar Pradesh government has suspended senior IPS officer Amitabh Thakur on various charges including violating official disciplinary norms. The suspension came with immediate effect Monday night.

Thakur, an IG-level officer, approached the Union Home Ministry in Delhi yesterday seeking a CBI probe into the rape case filed against him after he lodged a complaint against Samajwadi Party Chief Mulayam for threatening him.

An official release issued in Lucknow said the state government has suspended Thakur on prima facie charges of dereliction of duty, indiscipline, taking an anti-establishment approach and flouting high court orders.

The release also said that during his period of suspension,the IPS officer will remain attached to the DGP office and not leave the state head quarters without the DGP’s permission.

Reacting to the suspension order, Thakur said he will challenge it in a court of law.

He met Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs Anant Kumar Singh Monday and also sought central force protection for himself and his wife and social activist Nutan Thakur.

The IPS officer also said that a false rape case had been slapped against him after he lodged a complaint against the ruling SP chief on 10th of July for threatening him.

Meanwhile, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, who is Mulayam’s son, saw nothing wrong in his father scolding the IPS officer.

Talking to reporters in Farrukhabad, he said when Mulayam Singh Yadav can scold the Chief Minister, there is nothing wrong in his scolding an official.