Feb 04, 2025 06:05 PM IST
Rampur police had filed a remaining report within the case because of lack of proof over the allegations, which was lately challenged, following which the MP/MLA courtroom directed to additional probe the case
LUCKNOW Samajwadi Get together chief Azam Khan finds himself in contemporary authorized bother after the Rampur MP/MLA courtroom ordered additional investigation into an 18-year-old case in opposition to him for allegedly demanding extortion from a dealer within the title of donation for his dream undertaking Mohammad Ali Jauhar College in 2006 in the course of the SP regime, mentioned police and prosecution officers on Tuesday.

The Rampur police had filed a remaining report within the case because of lack of proof over the allegations, which was lately challenged following which the MP/MLA courtroom on January 21 directed to additional probe the case.
“We’ve acquired the courtroom’s directive to additional examine the case in opposition to former cupboard minister Azam Khan after a grievance by a neighborhood dealer Afsar Khan at Ganj police station on July 10, 2007. The authorities involved have been requested to abide by the courtroom’s directives, additional examine and make efforts to gather proof associated 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 title of setting Mohammad Ali Jauhar College. The complainant additionally alleged that the administration authorities, who have been a part of the group that razed his manufacturing unit, didn’t even cease after they have been proven real paperwork associated to the manufacturing unit 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 courtroom in opposition to the ultimate report.
Azam Khan, who loved immense clout in the course of the Samajwadi Get together regime in UP, has been languishing in jail. He’s lodged in Sitapur jail after being convicted by the Rampur MP/MLA courtroom in two separate beginning certificates instances of his son Abdullah Azam in October 2023.

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