A Court in Rampur has admitted a petition to register a case against Samajwadi Party General Secretary and former Cabinet Minister Azam Khan and his son Abdulla Azam for submitting fake affidavit concealing his son’s age to contest UP Assembly elections in 2017.
Azam’s son Abdulla had won on Samajwadi Party ticket from Swaar Tanda in Rampur in 2017 Assembly polls. Soon after his election, former BSP minister Kazim Ali Khan alias Naved Mia had filed a case against Azam and his son for submitting fake documents to forge his age above 25 years to contest assembly polls.
He had submitted Abdulla’s High School marksheet which showed his age only 24 years and five months at the time of filing his nomination papers. Later, a BJP leader Akash Saxena also lodged a complaint with the Election Commission that Abdulla had concealed his real age in the affidavit submitted to the commission while filing his nomination papers. Abdulla had used two PAN cards with different date of births in nomination papers and banks.
During the course of the inquiry, charges against Azam and Abdulla were found true. On basis of the commission report, Kazim Ali approached the court in Rampur which admitted the petition to lodge a case against Azam and his son Abdulla for committing the nomination fraud.
It may increase trouble for Azam and his son Abdulla who may lose his UP Assembly membership for submitting fake affidavit to the Election Commission for contesting Assembly polls even when he was under-aged. Azam has been charged with conspiracy to forge documents for his son and may also face punishment under sections 120-B and 420 of the IPC.
“We have concrete eveideces to prove our charges against Azam Khan and his son. They used two PAN cards with different date of births. He also obtained a forged birth certificate from Municipal Corporation whereas his real birth date is different in Abdulla’s High School mark-sheet. He submitted a fake affidavit on the basis of these forged documents to make his under-aged son contest Assembly polls in 2019,” Naved Mia told media.
