Azam Khan, 3 others acquitted in 2019 attempt to murder case

Azam Khan and his son Abdullah have been lodged in Sitapur jail and Hardoi jail, respectively, since October this year after they were convicted in a case related to alleged forgery of Abdullah’s birth certificate. On Saturday, they were brought to Rampur from their respective jails.

“The court on Saturday acquitted all four accused, including Azam Khan, in the case,” Rampur district government counsel Amit Saxena said.

In all, seven prosecution witnesses were examined by the court.

Appeals dismissed

Meanwhile, another court in Rampur on Saturday dismissed the appeals of Azam Khan, his wife Tanzeen Fatima and son Abdullah Azam Khan against an October 18 judgment sentencing them to seven years’ imprisonment in a four-year-old case related to the alleged forgery of Abdullah’s birth certificate. Saxena confirmed that the appeals were rejected.

This was the fourth case in the past year in which Azam Khan has been convicted, and the second conviction of his son and former MLA Abdullah Azam Khan. Fatima has been lodged in Rampur jail since the conviction.

Since the BJP came to power in Uttar Pradesh in 2017, 81 cases have been registered against the senior SP leader in Rampur on various charges, including land-grabbing, cheating and criminal trespass. In some cases, Fatima and Abdullah Azam have been made co-accused.