LUCKNOW: Former IPS officer and political activist Amitabh Thakur, who has been languishing in Deoria jail since December 10, last year, in connection with an alleged land scam, suffered a cardiac arrest and is currently undergoing treatment at Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) in Lucknow.
According to sources in the cardiology department, Thakur was referred from BRD Medical College in Gorakhpur on Wednesday night.
Thakur was admitted in SGPGIMS at around 1:00 am. According to hospital sources, his condition remains unstable and he is being treated by a team of doctors under strict medical supervision. Entry into the department has been restricted, and no official statement has been issued so far by the hospital authorities.
Earlier on Tuesday, the court dismissed Thakur’s bail application following which he was taken back to jail at around 3 pm. As per the sources, after dinner at about 9.30 pm, Thakur was reading and writing when he felt severe chest pain around midnight.
Jail authorities rushed him to the hospital from where he was referred to Gorakhpur. Initial assessment suggested a possible heart attack, but the Trop-I test on Wednesday did not confirm it. As per the doctors, Thakur had not been taking regular heart medication for the past nine days, which worsened his condition.
It may be recalled that Amitabh Thakur, who crossed swords with political leaders, was given compulsory retirement in March 2021. He is lodged in Deoria jail after being accused of misusing his position as SP Deoria in 1999 when he allegedly purchased a plot in the industrial area in the name of his wife Nutan Thakur fraudulently.
During the plot allotment, his wife's name was recorded as 'Nutan Devi' and husband's name as 'Abhijat', while his actual name is Amitabh Thakur. This plot was allotted in the name of Nutan Industries. However, not a single brick was laid for three years.
A complaint was filed by one Sanjay Sharma, a resident of Talkatora in Lucknow, against Amitabh Thakur and his wife Nutan Thakur at the Sadar Kotwali police station on July 25, 2025. An FIR was registered against the former IPS officer under Sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120B of the IPC, accusing him of cheating and criminal conspiracy. Given the seriousness of the allegations, the state government transferred the investigation to a Special Investigation Team (SIT). SIT investigator Sobraran Singh arrested Thakur on December 10 and produced him before the CJM, who sent him to judicial custody at Deoria district jail.
Amitabh Thakur is a resident of Viram Khand, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow.