10-yr jail to Azam Khan in 2016 forced eviction case
Hindustan TimesThe special MP/MLA court, Rampur, on Thursday sentenced senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan to maximum 10 years’ imprisonment and slapped a fine of ₹14 lakh after finding him and another guilty in an eight-year-old case of forcibly vacating a house, looting and demolishing it in Dungarpur Asra Awas Yojana colony in Rampur in 2016, said senior prosecution officers. District government advocate, MP/MLA court, Seema Rana said the court convicted Azam Khan and contractor Barkat Ali in the case on Wednesday. She said Khan was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment and fined ₹14 lakh while Barqat Ali was sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment and fined ₹6 lakh. Senior prosecution officer Shiv Prakash Pandey said the case was registered by plaintiff Abrar in Ganj police station in which he alleged that on December 6, 2016, Ale Hasan and Barkat Ali Contractor entered his house, beat him, tried to kill him and broke the house and looted goods from there.