Azam Khan in troubled waters: Five years after sending UP Police on buffalo hunt, SP MP accused of stealing a bovine
In 2014, SP MP Azam Khan had hit national headlines for sending the UP Police on a wild buffalo chase, that is he had asked the UP Police to find seven of his missing buffaloes. Led by then SP Sadhna Goswami, the cops had spread across the district on a massive hunt which involved sniffer dogs. They were all finally found but not before three cops were removed for ‘dereliction of duty’.
In 2014, SP MP Azam Khan had hit national headlines for sending the UP Police on a wild buffalo chase, that is he had asked the UP Police to find seven of his missing buffaloes. Led by then SP Sadhna Goswami, the cops had spread across the district on a massive hunt which involved sniffer dogs. They were all finally found but not before three cops were removed for ‘dereliction of duty’.
And now life seems to have come a full circle when a case was registered against the SP MP for stealing a buffalo. Khan was booked on a complaint filed by Asif and Zakir Ali who claimed the SP MP along with five others barged into their house, vandalised their residence and stole their buffalo and Rs 25,000 in cash.
A case has been registered in the matter against Khan, former Circle Officer Alay Hasan and four others.
In a big blow to Lok Sabha MP Azam Khan, the District Court here on Wednesday dismissed his plea seeking anticipatory bail in 29 cases registered against him.
"There were several petitions about the land encroached upon by the University (Jauhar University) and some other cases as well. He (Azam Khan) filed the petition for anticipatory bail. There were a total 29 cases," Public Prosecutor (PP) Dalvinder Singh told reporters here.
At least, 25 FIRs have been registered against Azam Khan, who is the Vice Chancellor of Jauhar University, in cases related to land grab.
Last month, police had carried out a raid in the premises of Jauhar University and recovered over 2,500 expensive books allegedly stolen from some other institutes.
Other than this, several complaints have also been lodged against the controversial Rampur lawmaker for alleged land grab to build the varsity.