NEW DELHI/LUCKNOW:
In the midst of his tussle with Mulayam Singh Yadav, senior IPS officer Amitabh Thakur today approached the Union Home Ministry and sought a CBI probe into the rape case filed against him after he lodged a complaint against the SP Chief for threatening him.
Thakur, an IG-rank officer, met Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Anant Kumar Singh in Delhi and also sought central force protection for himself and his wife and social activist Nutan Thakur.
“Mulayam Singh Yadav had threatened me with dire consequences. So, today I have met the Additional Secretary and sought security for me and my wife by central forces,” he told reporters outside the North Block, housing the MHA.
Thakur said a “false” rape case had been slapped against him after he lodged a complaint against the ruling SP supremo in Lucknow on July 10 for threatening him. “I want a CBI investigation into the rape charge against me,” he said.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, who is Mulayam’s son, saw “nothing wrong” in his father “scolding” a senior IPS officer in the State.
“When Mulayam Singh Yadav can scold the chief minister, there is nothing wrong in his scolding an official,” Akhilesh said to pointed questions by newspersons in Farrukhabad. (AGENCIES)
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