Amitabh Thakur's plea for CBI probe into rape charges sent to DoPT bu Home Ministry

LUCKNOW: Suspended IPS officer Amitabh Thakur's plea for a CBI probe into the rape allegations against him has been referred to DoPT by the Union Home Ministry.

According to his wife Nutan Thakur, an RTI activist, the MHA in a letter dated July 16 sent to Thakur stated that his "request was a subject matter pertaining to Department of Personnel and Training, which was CBI's administrative authority, hence, DoPT is requested to take action as deemed appropriate."

The contents of the letter were released to the media here by Nutan.

The Inspector-General rank officer had met Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs Anant Kumar Singh in New Delhi on July 13 and had sought a CBI probe into the rape case slapped against him.

The IPS officer has alleged that ever since his wife's Lokayukta complaint against state Mines Minister Gayatri Prasad Prajapati, they were facing all kinds of charges including "false" rape case and threat by Mulayam Singh Yadav on July 10.

Thakur was suspended on July 13 by the Uttar Pradesh government, hours after he had approached the Union Home Ministry in New Delhi.

The official was served a 200-page charge sheet and a vigilance inquiry has also been initiated against him.

Thakur stirred a political row by releasing the text and audio of the conversation purportedly carrying Mulayam's voice.