Rampur court orders reinvestigation in ‘illegal’ demolition case against SP’s Azam Khan

He is presently lodged successful the Sitapur territory jailhouse successful transportation with different cases.

The complainant, Afsar Khan, filed a lawsuit successful 2007 alleging that his mill was demolished aft helium refused to wage extortion wealth demanded for the operation of Jauhar University, wherever Khan is the beingness vice-chancellor.

After investigating the matter, the constabulary filed a closure study successful the court, citing a deficiency of evidence.

The complainant’s family, however, objected to the closure report, and submitted a protestation application, alleging that definite aspects of the lawsuit were not decently investigated.

“While proceeding the protestation application, the tribunal dismissed the closure study and directed further probe into the matter,” said Rampur Superintendent of Police (SP) Vidya Sagar Mishra.

According to the police, aft Mayawati came to powerfulness successful 2007, her authorities acceptable up counters for those whose complaints of harassment were ignored during Mulayam Singh Yadav’s tenure arsenic main curate and allowed them to record FIRs.

In July 2007, Afsar Khan filed the complaint, alleging that the territory officials forcibly demolished his papad mill successful July 2006 aft helium refused to wage Rs 5 lakh donation to Azam Khan for the operation of Mohammad Ali Jauhar University.

He claimed that helium presented documents of the mill onshore to the medication squad sent to demolish the building, but they refused to listen.

A lawsuit was subsequently registered astatine the Gang constabulary presumption against Azam Khan connected aggregate charges, including extortion.

The police’s closure study was filed successful the lawsuit successful April 2024.

Since Afsar Khan had passed away, his lad Zulfekar Khan submitted the protestation application, pointing retired issues that were not addressed during the investigation.

Since the BJP came to powerfulness successful the authorities successful 2017, astatine slightest 83 cases person been filed against Azam Khan connected assorted charges, including land-grabbing, cheating, and transgression trespass. Over the past 2 years, Khan has been convicted successful six of these cases.