What activist cop Amitabh Thakur had to tell Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal; excerpts from a 2013 letter

TWO days after 1992 batch UP cadre IPS officer Amitabh Thakur lodged a police complaint against ruling Samajwadi Party chief and UP chief minister’s father Mulayam Singh Yadav, the state government on Monday night suspended him on the charge of indiscipline and anti-establishment approach. Thakur on Monday also met senior officials of union home ministry to demand a CBI enquiry into a rape charge against him and also to ask for more protection for him and his family. Those who know Thakur say he does not really hide behind conduct rules while expressing his views. BoI here reproduces a December 29, 2013 letter written by Thakur to Arvind Kejriwal who had then just taken over as the Delhi CM (Thakur himself made the letter public in a blog post). After all, it’s unusual for an IPS officer of one state writing an open letter to a chief minister of another state. Here below is the full text of the letter:

Amitabh Thakur, the IPS who lodged police compliant against Mulayam Singh Yadav; 10 Facts

A DAY after 1992 batch UP cadre IPS officer Amitabh Thakur filed a police complaint against Mulayam Singh Yadav for allegedly threatening him over the phone, an FIR was lodged against him on a rape charge. The police officer on Sunday reacted to it by saying that the rape case lodged against him was the ‘return gift’ from the Samajwadi Party chief. BoI here presents 10 facts about this activist cop who moved court against existence of a separate IPS Association, approached CAT against Rule 7 of the All India Services (Conduct) Rules 1968, made allegation about a “cane scam” in UP Police, planned to write a book on Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and wanted a regulatory body to monitor the God Men: