IPS officer Amitabh Thakur given ‘voluntary retirement’, found ‘not appropriate’ to continue services
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Tuesday gave an instantaneous voluntary retirement to IPS officer Amitabh Thakur, the Uttar Pradesh Home Department mentioned in a notification at this time. It mentioned that the 1992-batch UP cadre officer was found “not suitable” to continue his services as a public servant.
“IPS officer Amitabh Thakur given immediate voluntary retirement from service (VRS) as per an order by Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) after he was found not suitable to continue his services as a public servant,” the notification of the Uttar Pradesh Home Department learn.
Back in 2016, Thakur had sought a change of cadre from Uttar Pradesh to another state, alleging that the UP authorities officers had been treating him as a “sworn enemy”.
Thakur was suspended on July 13, 2015, days after he had accused Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav of threatening him. He had made public an audio recording through which Yadav had allegedly threatened him. Thakur claimed Mulayam had known as him after his spouse Nutan, a social activist, had filed a grievance with Lokayukta in opposition to then UP Mining Minister Gayatri Prasad Prajapati for allegedly amassing disproportionate wealth. Following this, the state authorities had initiated a vigilance inquiry in opposition to him. However, the Lucknow bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal in April stayed the suspension of Thakur and ordered his reinstatement with full wage with impact from October 11, 2015.
He was reinstated by the UP authorities in early 2016.
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