Amitabh Thakur

Summary

RTI activist officer, moved about 30 times by 2015 and suspended three times (2005, 2006, 2015), each time under a Samajwadi Party government; the Home Ministry retired him early in 2021 under the BJP. He has said the transfers were meant to reduce 'an officer to a pawn'. Critics in politics accuse him and his wife of using litigation as leverage; disciplinary cases against him remain open.

HT (Jul 2015): 30 since 1992. A 2015 Hindi opinion piece (Pravakta) says 22 in 18 years; weaker source.

1. 2006One report

   SP, Firozabad

   In what became known as the 'Jasrana incident', Thakur was allegedly beaten up at Paidath village by Samajwadi Party MLA Ramvir Singh Yadav and his supporters (HT). He was suspended the same year, his second suspension after Gonda (2005).

   Up against

   Ramvir Singh Yadav, MLA, Samajwadi Party Government: Samajwadi Party (Mulayam Singh Yadav), UP.

   Outcome

   Suspended as SP Firozabad (HT).

   What became of the matter

   Accused cleared. Ramvir Singh Yadav and the others were cleared after several witnesses backtracked (HT). hindustantimes.com

   hindustantimes.com

2. 9 years with no move on record here.

3. Jul 2015Documented

   IG, Civil Defence(suspended)

   Thakur released an audio clip and alleged that Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav had threatened him by phone. A rape case was registered against him on 11 July (Wikipedia). On 13 July the state suspended him.

   Up against

   Mulayam Singh Yadav, Samajwadi Party president, Samajwadi Party Government: Samajwadi Party (Akhilesh Yadav), UP.

   Reported reason

   Thakur linked the action to his complaint against Mulayam (Wikipedia).

   The other side said

   The state suspended him for 'indiscipline, holding anti-government views, dereliction of duty and violating service rules', and alleged misuse of resources and incomplete property declarations. BSP leader Swami Prasad Maurya alleged he and his wife were 'indulging in PILs and blackmail' (HT).

   Outcome

   Suspended for about 10 months, longer than most officers suspended under that government (2017 RTI reply).

   What became of the matter

   Suspension held invalid. The Centre told the High Court the suspension 'stood revoked since October 11, 2015' because UP had not reviewed and extended it within 90 days (Indian Express, paraphrasing the affidavit). The outcome of his complaint against Mulayam and of the rape case is not established in sources read. indianexpress.com

   • Judgment Affidavit of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs before the Allahabad High Court (Lucknow bench) in Thakur's petition against his suspension (as reported), Apr 2016

   • RTI reply Reply of IG (Personnel) P C Meena, UP Police HQ, to RTI application of Nutan Thakur on IPS transfer orders, Mar 2012 to Mar 2017 (as reported; the reply itself is not public), Mar 2017

   indianexpress.com

4. 6 years with no move on record here.

5. Mar 2021Documented

   IG, Civil Defence(compulsorily retired)

   The Union Home Ministry compulsorily retired him in public interest. Wikipedia says that as SP Maharajganj in 1999 he was transferred midway through a probe of the Pachrukhiya case involving Adityanath; this rests on Wikipedia's citations, not read here.

   Up against

   Yogi Adityanath, Chief Minister (earlier, MP from Gorakhpur), BJP Government: BJP (Yogi Adityanath), UP.

   The other side said

   MHA: 'unfit to be retained' in public interest following multiple inquiries (Pioneer).

   Outcome

   Retired.

   What became of the matter

   Pending. Four disciplinary proceedings still pending in June 2026; the Supreme Court gave six months to finish them. Thakur says retiral dues, including ₹10 lakh gratuity, are unpaid. dailypioneer.com

   • Order Supreme Court order directing UP and the Centre to conclude four pending disciplinary proceedings against Thakur within six months (as reported), Jun 2026

   en.wikipedia.org