Bareilly: Rampur The police on Friday filed a supplementary chargesheet in the ongoing school affiliation case and named senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan as a “co-accused”. This is the second chargesheet in the case which was originally filed against Azam’s wife Tanzin Fatima and a government clerk Taufeeq Ahmed. The latest developments may further complicate Azam’s bail process.
The move came after the SC expressed displeasure over the delay in hearing Azam’s bail plea in the land grabbing case of enemy property, calling it “a mockery of justice”, and said he got bail in “86 out of 87 cases”. “.
The Allahabad High Court had on Thursday reserved its order on Azam’s bail plea in the same case. Incidentally, Azam’s lawyer had recently filed a petition before the Supreme Court to “take a timely decision on the bail plea of this case after the delay in the HC”.
In the latest school affiliation case against Azam, a preliminary FIR was registered against his wife and a clerk at the Basic Education Officer’s office in Rampur under Kotwali police station following an inquiry conducted by the BSA on a complaint by BJP member Akash Saxena. The school is run by Azam’s Johar Trust.
Saxena, who lost to Azam in the recent assembly elections, told TOI, “Azam Khan used his influence to forge documents to get affiliation with the school’s board. The police had made only his wife and Taufeeq as accused. Hence, I filed an objection against the charge sheet and a re-investigation was ordered.” In the second charge sheet, the police have booked IPC sections 420 (cheating), 467 (forgery of valuable security), 468 (forgery with intent to defraud), 471 (using fake documents as genuine) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy). added against. Azam. The MP/MLA court has now issued a fresh warrant against Azam, which has reportedly been given to him in Sitapur jail. The former UP minister is in jail since February 2020.
The move came after the SC expressed displeasure over the delay in hearing Azam’s bail plea in the land grabbing case of enemy property, calling it “a mockery of justice”, and said he got bail in “86 out of 87 cases”. “.
The Allahabad High Court had on Thursday reserved its order on Azam’s bail plea in the same case. Incidentally, Azam’s lawyer had recently filed a petition before the Supreme Court to “take a timely decision on the bail plea of this case after the delay in the HC”.
In the latest school affiliation case against Azam, a preliminary FIR was registered against his wife and a clerk at the Basic Education Officer’s office in Rampur under Kotwali police station following an inquiry conducted by the BSA on a complaint by BJP member Akash Saxena. The school is run by Azam’s Johar Trust.
Saxena, who lost to Azam in the recent assembly elections, told TOI, “Azam Khan used his influence to forge documents to get affiliation with the school’s board. The police had made only his wife and Taufeeq as accused. Hence, I filed an objection against the charge sheet and a re-investigation was ordered.” In the second charge sheet, the police have booked IPC sections 420 (cheating), 467 (forgery of valuable security), 468 (forgery with intent to defraud), 471 (using fake documents as genuine) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy). added against. Azam. The MP/MLA court has now issued a fresh warrant against Azam, which has reportedly been given to him in Sitapur jail. The former UP minister is in jail since February 2020.