Rampur (Uttar Pradesh) | The Special MP-MLA court in Rampur, on Monday, handed a seven-year jail sentence to Samajwadi Party national general secretary Mohd Azam Khan, in a 2016 Dungarpur demolition case. The court has also imposed a fine of Rs 5 lakh on Azam Khan. The court had convicted four of the seven accused, […]
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Azam Khan, wife & son convicted, get 7-yr prison term
Rampur | A court in Uttar Pradesh’s Rampur on Wednesday pronounced a seven-year prison sentence to Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan, his wife Tanzeem Fatima and their son Abdullah Azam Khan after finding them guilty in the fake birth certificate case. The three were taken into custody after the verdict. The matter pertains to […]
ED, I-T raid locations linked to SP leader Azam Khan
New Delhi | The Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Income Tax (I-T) Department were on Wednesday conducting simultaneous raids at multiple locations linked to senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan. The I-T raids were reportedly related to the Al Jauhar Trust, which is headed by Khan, a former Cabinet Minister. According to information, the search […]
He lost to him in polls, but Akash Saxena still is Azam Khan’s nemesis
Rampur (Uttar Pradesh) | The name Akash Saxena may not ring a bell, but, today, it is a name that has virtually demolished one of the tallest political leaders of Uttar Pradesh. Akash Saxena, 46, is the son of former BJP MP Shiv Bahadur Saxena and a political aspirant himself. He is the man who lodged […]
Azam Khan gets 3-yr jail term in hate speech case, granted bail
Rampur (UP) | The MP/MLA court in Rampur on Thursday awarded Samajwadi Party MLA Mohd Azam Khan three-year jail term in connection with a 2019 hate speech case against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, besides slapping a fine of Rs 25,000 on him. The court, meanwhile, granted him bail in the case. Azam Khan has […]
Books stolen from Madrasa Alia recovered from Azam Khan’s university
Rampur (Uttar Pradesh) | The Rampur police have recovered stolen books from the library of Mohammad Ali Jauhar University, run by a trust headed by SP MLA Azam Khan. The recovery has been reportedly made on the information provided by two friends of SP MLA Abdullah Azam, who were arrested earlier. The police have also recovered […]
Azam Khan walks out of jail after 27 months
Sitapur (Uttar Pradesh) | Senior Samajwadi Party leader Mohd Azam Khan walked out of jail after 27 months on Friday morning. He was received by senior party leader Shivpal Yadav and Ashu Malik and scores of supporters. His sons were also present on the occasion. From the jail, he went straight to the residence of SP […]
SC grants interim bail to Azam Khan, asks him to apply for regular bail
New Delhi | The Supreme Court on Thursday granted interim bail to Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan in a cheating case and asked him to apply for regular bail before the concerned court. A bench headed by Justice L. Nageswara Rao invoked Article 142 to grant relief to Khan in view of peculiar facts of the […]
Azam Khan gets bail, to remain in jail after new case
Lucknow | The Allahabad High Court on Monday granted bail to Samajwadi Party MLA Mohd Azam Khan after a period of 26 months. He was jailed in February 2020 in Sitapur jail. However, Azam Khan will not immediately be released as last week, a new case was lodged against him in connection with granting recognition to […]
Upset with Akhilesh, Azam Khan may walk out of SP
Lucknow | The Samajwadi Party (SP) may soon face another major jolt as speculations about senior party leader Mohd Azam Khan leaving the party and, possibly, forming his own party, gained ground. Azam Khan’s media in charge Fasahat Khan Shanu said, “Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was right when he said that Akhilesh does not want Azam […]