Overview
- Lucknow Police detained Thakur in the early hours after Shahjahanpur officers intercepted a Lucknow–Delhi train, then produced him before a Deoria court that ordered 14 days' judicial custody.
- An FIR was lodged on September 12, 2025 at Lucknow’s Talkatora police station under IPC sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471, 34 and 120B, leading to the formation of a special investigation team.
- Investigators allege Thakur, then SP Deoria, enabled an industrial plot allotment in his wife’s name using forged identities, fabricated documents and a false Bihar address, with the plot later sold for gain.
- The SIT says it gathered documentary records in Deoria, verified identities and addresses in Bihar, and recorded witness statements before concluding there was sufficient material to proceed.
- Thakur and his supporters contest criminality, calling it a long-running civil dispute or pressure-driven case, while reports also noted the suspension of X accounts linked to him and his wife.