New Delhi: In the midst of his tussle with Mulayam Singh Yadav, senior IPS officer Amitabh Thakur, has been suspended by the UP government.

Thakur had approached the Union home ministry on Monday and sought a CBI probe into the rape case filed against him after he lodged a complaint against the SP chief for threatening him. Thakur, an IG-rank officer, met additional secretary in the ministry of home affairs (MHA) Anant Kumar Singh in Delhi and also sought central force protection for himself and his wife and social activist Nutan Thakur.

“Mulayam Singh Yadav had threatened me with dire consequences. So, today I have met the Additional Secretary and sought security for me and my wife by central forces,” he told reporters outside the North Block, housing the MHA.

Thakur said a “false” rape case had been slapped against him after he lodged a complaint against the ruling SP supremo in Lucknow on July 10 for threatening him. “I want a CBI investigation into the rape charge against me,” he said.

“No wife will help her husband to rape a woman. Besides my children also live in my house which is very small. Let the CBI probe the allegation,” he said. Thakur said he wanted to meet home minister Rajnath Singh but since he was not in Delhi, he placed his demand before the senior home ministry official, who assured him that the matter will be looked into.

“If my demand is not met, I will approach the High Court and seek justice. This is nothing but political conspiracy and harassment against me,” he said.  Thakur said Mulayam threatened him after his wife Nutan filed a complaint before the UP Lokayukta against state mines minister Gayatri Prajapati.

On July 11, an FIR was registered at Gomti Nagar police station in Lucknow against Thakur under sections 376 (rape), 504 (intentional insult) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC, on the basis of an earlier complaint by a Ghaziabad-based woman. The IPS officer’s wife has been named a co-accused in the FIR.