India, Feb. 13 -- Former IPS officer Amitabh Thakur, who was arrested last December for allegedly securing an industrial land in an abuse of his position as the superintendent of police in 1999, has been released on bail, officials said.

Thakur left the Deorai district jail on Wednesday evening after the court of the chief judicial magistrate issued the order of his release following verification of sureties, the prison superintendent Ashish Ranjan said.

Soon after his release, the former IPS officer left the jail premises along with relatives and departed for an undisclosed location, sources said.

Thakur was arrested on December 10, 2025, for allegedly abusing his position as Deoria SP in 1999 to fraudulently secure an industrial plot...