Suspended IPS officer Amitabh Thakur, who had lodged a complaint against SP Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav for allegedly threatening him, was today slapped with a chargesheet by UP government accusing him of dereliction of duty, anti-establishment approach and flouting court orders.
Thakur charged with indiscipline and indulging in anti-government activities, said he would submit his reply “on each of the 15 counts soon”. Thakur said he would move court in a day or two seeking a CBI inquiry into all developments after his wife Nutan Thakur, who is an RTI activist, lodged a complaint against mining minister Gayatri Prasad Prajapati to the Lokayukta.
Thakur was suspended on July 13 by the Akhilesh Yadav government hours after he had approached the Union Home Ministry in Delhi seeking a CBI probe into the rape charges filed against him after he lodged a complaint against Mulayam for allegedly threatening him.
The state home department spokesperson said government has charged Thakur with violating court orders.
In its order passed on April 9,2014, the court had stated that the petitioner (Amitabh Thakur) is serving as an IPS officer and is bound by the rules of conduct. As a serving IPS officer he is on duty 24 hours. The court had observed that he may not be allowed to take up public causes which do not concern him and in which the state may be involved directly or indirectly. In clear violation of the high court order, Thakur continued to file PILs in the court. He filed over two dozen PILs in the court on various issues,
— State Home Department spokesperson.
Thakur also met officials of the Union Home Ministry seeking security for himself and his wife and returned to the state capital today. Thakur, who had released the text and audio of the conversation purportedly carrying Mulayam Singh Yadav’s voice, said he will submit a CD to the investigating officer today itself asking him to register FIR.
The state government has also charged Thakur with misuse of government money during study leave from June 10, 2009 to February 17, 2011 and joining an anti-government campaign launched by the Valmiki community in Rampur.
Thakur has also been charged with making derogatory remarks against Mahatma Gandhi on the social media site Facebook, visiting Shahjahanpur as a violation of service rule after the death of journalist Jagendra Singh and holding a press conference in Allahabad over a shoot-out in court in which a lawyer was killed.
The state government has charged Thakur with making baseless statements in the media over the working of various departments and the district administration, the spokesperson added.
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