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Leading a life of a ‘normal’ convict, Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan is now prisoner number 338 in Rampur Jail. No special security arrangement have been made for the former MLA as the prison administration did not receive any inputs on threat to his family’s life.
Azam, his wife Tazeen Fatima and son Abdullah Azam were sent to jail on Wednesday after a court in Uttar Pradesh’s Rampur convicted them in a 2019 fake birth certificate case and awarded a seven-year term.
Azam Khan’s Life in Rampur Jail
• According to sources, the medical history of the trio was taken, following which they were given blankets, clothes and utensils.
• While Azam Khan is prisoner number 338, Abdullah Azam is prisoner number 339 and Tazeen Fatima is prisoner number 340.
• Azam and son Abdullah are locked in ‘Mulayaja’ Barrack, while Tazeen is in women’s barrack.
• According to sources, the first night in jail was “difficult” for the family as they did not even have food.
Why is Azam Khan’s Family in Jail?
It was alleged that Azam Khan and his wife helped their son obtain two fake birth certificates: one from Lucknow and another from Rampur. The FIR in the case was lodged by BJP MLA Akash Saxena at the Ganj police station in Rampur on January 3, 2019.
The trio was held inside the courtroom in judicial custody for a few hours before being taken to the Rampur district jail in a police jeep on Wednesday, said Arun Parkash Saxena, a former District Government Counsel, who represented the prosecution in the case.
As they were being escorted by police officials, Azam Khan told the mediapersons waiting outside the jail, “A decision has been taken today and there is a difference between a decision and justice.”
Elder son Adeeb Azam was seen hugging his parents outside the jail.
Special MP-MLA court magistrate Shobit Bansal awarded the three maximum seven-year sentences. According to the charge sheet, in the certificate issued by the Rampur municipality, Abdullah Azam’s date of birth was mentioned as January 1, 1993. The other certificate showed he was born in Lucknow on September 30, 1990.
The trio has been found guilty under section 420 (cheating), 467(forgery valuable security), 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating), 471 (using as genuine a forged document), 472 (making or possessing counterfeit seal, etc., with intent to commit forgery) and 120 (B) (criminal conspiracy) of IPC.
“The court awarded seven-year imprisonment in conviction under section 467 of the IPC along with a fine of Rs 15,000 each. Three-year imprisonment has been given under IPC section 468 and fine of Rs 10,000 each. Three-year imprisonment has been awarded to them under IPC section 420 and fine of Rs 10,000 each. Two-year imprisonment in conviction under IPC section 420 and fine of Rs 10,000 each. One-year imprisonment in conviction under IPC section 120 B and a fine of Rs 5,000 each,” said Arun Prakash Saxena.
“All these jail terms will run parallel, so the maximum conviction will be considered of seven years along with a total fine of Rs 50,000,” he added.
BJP MLA Saxena alleged on Wednesday that Azam Khan used his influence and got a birth certificate issued for his son to make him eligible to contest elections and become an MLA in 2017.
“In 2017, Abdullah was not eligible to contest assembly elections as he was 24-year-old as per his first birth certificate. Azam used his influence and got another birth certificate of Abdullaha Azam prepared in which his age was shown as September 30, 1990 making him eligible to contest 2017 polls. He won that election,” Saxena told PTI.
Saxena said he filed a complaint after getting the information about the two birth certificates.
Azam Khan was disqualified from the legislative assembly last year after a court sentenced him to three years in jail in a 2019 hate speech case.
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