Feb 04, 2025 06:05 PM IST
Rampur police had filed a remaining report within the case on account of lack of proof over the allegations, which was lately challenged, following which the MP/MLA court docket directed to additional probe the case
LUCKNOW Samajwadi Celebration chief Azam Khan finds himself in contemporary authorized bother after the Rampur MP/MLA court docket ordered additional investigation into an 18-year-old case in opposition to him for allegedly demanding extortion from a dealer within the identify of donation for his dream mission Mohammad Ali Jauhar College in 2006 in the course of the SP regime, mentioned police and prosecution officers on Tuesday.
Azam Khan is lodged in Sitapur jail after being convicted by the Rampur MP/MLA court docket in two separate delivery certificates circumstances of his son Abdullah Azam in October 2023. (File Photograph)
The Rampur police had filed a remaining report within the case on account of lack of proof over the allegations, which was lately challenged following which the MP/MLA court docket on January 21 directed to additional probe the case.
“We have received the court’s directive to further investigate the case against former cabinet minister Azam Khan after a complaint by a local trader Afsar Khan at Ganj police station on July 10, 2007. The authorities concerned have been asked to abide by the court’s directives, further investigate and make efforts to collect evidence related to the case,” mentioned SP (Rampur) VS Mishra.
The SP knowledgeable that Afsar Khan accused Azam Khan of utilizing his clout to raze his papad manufacturing unit operational on his bought land for 10 years on July 19, 2006, when he didn’t give a donation of ₹5 lakh, allegedly sought by the previous minister within the identify of setting Mohammad Ali Jauhar College. The complainant additionally alleged that the administration authorities, who have been a part of the staff that razed his manufacturing facility, didn’t even cease after they have been proven real paperwork associated to the manufacturing facility and the land.
The complainant’s counsel Awadhesh Kumar Agarwal mentioned police investigation within the case remained pending for all these years earlier than cops filed a remaining report stating no proof in assist of allegations on April 3, 2024, after the complainant Afsar Khan died. He mentioned the complainant’s son Zulfikar Khan, nonetheless, determined to take up the matter and filed an objection earlier than the MP/MLA court docket in opposition to the ultimate report.
Azam Khan, who loved immense clout in the course of the Samajwadi Celebration regime in UP, has been languishing in jail. He’s lodged in Sitapur jail after being convicted by the Rampur MP/MLA court docket in two separate delivery certificates circumstances of his son Abdullah Azam in October 2023.
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