LUCKNOW, Dec. 10 -- Former Indian Police Service officer Amitabh Thakur, known for his frequent run-ins with successive Uttar Pradesh governments and compulsory retirement from service in March 2021, was arrested early Wednesday in connection with a 26-year-old industrial plot fraud case dating back to his tenure as the superintendent of police, Deoria, Lucknow police officials confirmed on Wednesday afternoon.

After the retired IPS officer's arrest in the 1999 Deoria industrial plot fraud case, his wife Nutan Thakur said, "A 26-year-old matter, which is essentially a normal civil dispute, is now being forcibly turned into a criminal case. This FIR has been lodged under pressure. I will soon present evidence and prove our innocence."

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