File photo of Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav
An IG-rank officer today filed a complaint with the police against Mulayam Singh Yadav, alleging that the Samajwadi Party chief threatened him with dire consequences if he does not mend his ways.
While Mr Yadav was not immediately available for comments, an Samajwadi Party leader dismissed the charge.
According to the wife of IPS officer Amitabh Thakur, the provocation behind the threat could have been the first information report or FIR lodged by her against state Mines minister Gayatri Prajapati.
Mr Thakur, who has been assisting his wife and RTI activist Nutan Thakur in raising social issues, released an audio tape yesterday purportedly containing the voice of the Samajwadi Party chief.
"I felt I should take a stand. Therefore, I gave a complaint against Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav," Thakur, IG Civil Defence, told Press Trust of India.
"At around 4.45 pm, a phone came from Mulayam Singh's residence and he talked to me. He told me that whatever had happened in Jasrana, Firozabad, where I had been assaulted by one of his relative and an MLA in 2006, much harsher things will happen to me if I don't 'mend my ways'," Mr Thakur said yesterday.
Senior Superintendent of Police, Lucknow, Rajesh Pandey said the matter will be probed to find out the genuineness of the audio tape released by Mr Thakur.
Nutan Thakur, who is an RTI activist, claimed that when her husband went to Hazratganj police station to lodge an FIR, Station House Officer Vijaymal Yadav refused him.
But, on the IPS officer's insistence, he received a copy of the complaint and said the matter will be inquired.
Refuting the allegation, Samajwadi Party leader CP Rai said, "I have not heard the audio but such an allegation appears to be doctored. He (Mulayam) is such a senior leader. I know him for past 30 years...He can never threaten anyone."