Leading a lifetime of a ‘normal’ convict, Samajwadi Party chief Azam Khan is now prisoner quantity 338 in Rampur Jail. No particular safety association have been made for the previous MLA because the jail administration didn’t obtain any inputs on menace to his household’s life.
Azam, his spouse Tazeen Fatima and son Abdullah Azam had been despatched to jail on Wednesday after a courtroom in Uttar Pradesh’s Rampur convicted them in a 2019 pretend delivery certificates case and awarded a seven-year time period.
Azam Khan’s Life in Rampur Jail
• According to sources, the medical historical past of the trio was taken, following which they got blankets, garments and utensils.
• While Azam Khan is prisoner quantity 338, Abdullah Azam is prisoner quantity 339 and Tazeen Fatima is prisoner quantity 340.
• Azam and son Abdullah are locked in ‘Mulayaja’ Barrack, whereas Tazeen is in girls’s barrack.
• According to sources, the primary evening in jail was “difficult” for the household as they didn’t even have meals.
Why is Azam Khan’s Family in Jail?
It was alleged that Azam Khan and his spouse helped their son get hold of two pretend delivery certificates: one from Lucknow and one other from Rampur. The FIR in the case was lodged by BJP MLA Akash Saxena on the Ganj police station in Rampur on January 3, 2019.
The trio was held contained in the courtroom in judicial custody for just a few hours earlier than being taken to the Rampur district jail in a police jeep on Wednesday, mentioned Arun Parkash Saxena, a former District Government Counsel, who represented the prosecution in the case.
As they had been being escorted by police officers, Azam Khan informed the mediapersons ready outdoors the jail, “A decision has been taken today and there is a difference between a decision and justice.”
Elder son Adeeb Azam was seen hugging his mother and father outdoors the jail.
Special MP-MLA courtroom Justice of the Peace Shobit Bansal awarded the three most seven-year sentences. According to the cost sheet, in the certificates issued by the Rampur municipality, Abdullah Azam’s date of delivery was talked about as January 1, 1993. The different certificates confirmed he was born in Lucknow on September 30, 1990.
The trio has been discovered responsible beneath part 420 (dishonest), 467(forgery precious safety), 468 (forgery for goal of dishonest), 471 (utilizing as real a cast doc), 472 (making or possessing counterfeit seal, and many others., with intent to commit forgery) and 120 (B) (legal conspiracy) of IPC.
(*1*) mentioned Arun Prakash Saxena.
“All these jail terms will run parallel, so the maximum conviction will be considered of seven years along with a total fine of Rs 50,000,” he added.
BJP MLA Saxena alleged on Wednesday that Azam Khan used his affect and bought a delivery certificates issued for his son to make him eligible to contest elections and grow to be an MLA in 2017.
“In 2017, Abdullah was not eligible to contest assembly elections as he was 24-year-old as per his first birth certificate. Azam used his influence and got another birth certificate of Abdullaha Azam prepared in which his age was shown as September 30, 1990 making him eligible to contest 2017 polls. He won that election,” Saxena informed PTI.
Saxena mentioned he filed a grievance after getting the details about the 2 delivery certificates.
Azam Khan was disqualified from the legislative meeting final 12 months after a courtroom sentenced him to three years in jail in a 2019 hate speech case.
