LUCKNOW: A local court on Wednesday directed police to register FIR against Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulauam Singh Yadav for allegedly threatening IPS officer Amitabh Thakur .

Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Som Prabha Shukla directed the Hazratganj police to register FIR against Mulayam in order to investigate allegations that he threatened Thakur on phone on July 10.

The order came on the application moved by Thakur under section 156 (3) of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), which allows citizens to approach court if police refuses to register FIR.

Earlier, Thakur had on July 11, lodged a complaint in this regard with the inspector Hazratganj Vijaymal Singh Yadav and Senior Superintendent of Police, Lucknow, Rajesh Pandey. He had also submitted an audio tape to substantiate is allegation that Mualayam threatened him on phone. He claimed that he was threatened because his wife Nutan had lodged a complaint of corruption against a minister in SP government in the state.

However, Inspector Hazratganj police intimated Thakur through a letter on July 17 that investigations found that his complaint was not true. As a result, on July 31, Thakur approached the CJM for registration of FIR. The CJM order came on Wednesday.

The UP government had suspended Amitabh on July 13 and slapped with a 16 point charge-sheet.

The court observed the allegations levelled in the application disclosed commission of cognizable offence.

