Azam Khan declared as 'Land Mafia' by district authorities in U.P, slapped with 13 cases in a week

Rebutting Akhilesh Yadav's attempt to support Rampur MLA Azam Khan, the district authorities on Thursday, have listed the Samajwadi leader Azam Khan as a 'land mafia'  in the anti-land mafia portal that was introduced by the Yogi Adityanath government for allegedly forcibly taking land from farmers to construct the Mohammed Ali Jauhar University, as per sources. During this week, the authorities have reportedly registered around 13 cases against him in connection with land grabbing. 

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Akhilesh Yadav probes into 'fake cases'

Earlier on Wednesday, in a bid to defend Khan, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav had constituted a 21-member committee, led by the leader of opposition in the Legislative Council Ahmad Hasan, to probe "fake cases" lodged against party MP Azam Khan in Rampur. "

The 21-member committee of party legislators led by Leader of Opposition in Legislative council will reach Rampur on July 20 and probe fake cases pertaining to encroachment of land of farmers against Khan, who is also the vice-chancellor of the Mohammad Ali Jauhar University, and incidents to harass him by the district administration," SP chief spokesman Rajendra Chowdhury said to PTI.

Chowdhury added that the committee will be submitting its report to the party president within three days of the visit.

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Land-grabbing case against Khan

Khan has been alleged to have forcibly taken land from farmers. The Rampur district administration has lodged around two dozen cases against the former cabinet minister.
As per the UP government, the incidents happened between 2006 and 2016 when Khan was a powerful minister in the Samajwadi Party government (2012-17).

Death threats claims

Khan has previously repeatedly claimed threats to his life saying that conspiracy was afoot to kill him by different governments and many high officials.

"To remove me from the state, every government has made efforts. An attempt at my life was made, my license was cancelled. Serious allegations were made and a conspiracy to kill me in an encounter was planned, where high officials complained that I was a danger to his life. This was all a ruse to murder me," he said in an interview.

Khan had fought a very controversial and communal poll battle for Rampur constituency against BJP's newly-inducted actor-turned-politician Jaya Prada.