Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP) issued a notice to IPS officer Amitabh Thakur seeking his explanation for his "improper conduct" within a week, official sources said here.
In an interview to news channels, the IPS officer had said that instant recovery of the minister's buffaloes have generated "new hopes" but it was sad that no one from Gomti Nagar police (in Lucknow) had even come to inquire about his FIRs regarding his son's cycle which was stolen in 2011 and his getting cheated of Rs 5,000 in 2013.
Meanwhile, Amitabh's wife, Nutak Thakur said that the statement presented the "discrimination" shown by the police between "powerful and ordinary people".
"This instance clearly shows that anyone who speaks the truth shall always be ready to get penalised," she added.
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Last month, seven buffaloes went missing from Khan's farmhouse. After a complaint the police had pressed in sniffer dogs. Crime branch sleuths and police teams recovered the stolen animals within two days.
The unfazed minister later said that his bovines were more famous than Queen Victoria.