Social activist, who had earlier written a letter to Governor Ram Naik, seeking a probe against IPS officer, Amitabh Thakur, in connection with huge wealth earned by the officer, had now reportedly filed an application with the lokayukta Justice (retired) NK Mehrotra, requesting him to open an enquiry after registering a case of Disproportionate Assets.
Earlier, Ram Naik already directed director general of civil defense to conduct a probe regarding allegations that Thakur, who is also a social activist and than posted as IG (civil defense), had made huge wealth and that he also made changes in his information given regarding his assets to the Police Department. Interestingly, Thakur, who claimed to have already provided details of his property to the officers concern, had now demanded that his matter be probed by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). In the meantime,
State government reportedly appointed director general of police promotion and recruitment board, VK Gupta, as the enquiry officer into the probe ordered against Thakur after issuing his suspension letter. Sources said that a Rajajipuram colony based social activist in his complaint submitted with State Ombudaman, claimed that Thakur and his wife Nutan, also a social activist, had ten properties in their names in UP and Bihar. Amongst the above, he owned a HIG house in Viramkhand in Gomati Nagar, a plot in Khargapur, a plot of 5000 square feet in Ujriyon.
Besides he owned house in Mujaffarpur, Patna, Sitamarhi along with agriculture land in Bihar. He claimed that the couple had mentioned in their official record that they earned about Rs 2.88 lakh annualy through the above properties. He further said that after controversy arises, Amitabh Thakur had changed his statement filed with the department in which he concealed most of the properties and claimed that he and his wife just owned two properties. He said that suspecting that Amitabh had made huge wealth through dubious means, he wrote a letter to the Governor requesting him to get the matter probed.