Fake birth certificate: Azam Khan, family given 7-yr jail

Rampur (UP): A court here on Wednesday convicted Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan, his wife Tazeen Fatima and son Abdullah Azam in a 2019 fake birth certificate case, and awarded them a seven-year jail term.

“After the court verdict, the trio was taken into judicial custody and will be sent to the jail from the court itself,” said Arun Parkash Saxena, a former District Government Counsel, who represented the prosecution. MP-MLA court magistrate Shobit Bansal awarded the three the maximum seven-year sentence. Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav reacted strongly to the news, saying his party latter was being harassed because he follows a different religion. “Everyone knows he (Azam Khan) is being harassed because he built a university and comes from a different religion,” Yadav told reporters in Kannauj.

A video of the statement was shared by the Samajwadi Party on its ‘X’ handle. “Azam Khan is being attacked like this continuously. He is being treated like this under a big conspiracy. BJP leaders and some officials brought from outside have been conspiring against him since day one,” Yadav added.