Sixth FIR against Azam Khan by UP police after EC's rebuke
Samajwadi Party leader Azam
Khan has been booked yet again for allegedly making
provocative speech at an election rally, the sixth case to be
registered against the UP minister after the Election
Commission cracked the whip on him.
The latest FIR was registered against Khan on April 13
night at Afzalgarh police station in Bijnore, official sources
said today.
While two FIRs have been lodged against Azam in Bijnore,
one FIR each has been lodged in Ghaziabad, Rampur, Sambhal and
Shamli districts for allegedly making inflammatory speeches
and violating the mode code of conduct.
On April 11, the EC had banned Khan from campaigning in
Uttar Pradesh and asked authorities to initiate criminal
proceedings against him.
The EC had been critical of the role of Samajwadi Party's
government in the state for "soft-pedalling" on registration
of FIRs against Khan and not dealing with the sensitive issue
with alacrity.
Khan had addressed an election rally at Afzalgarh in
support of Moradabad's SP candidate, ST Hasan on April 10 in
which he had allegedly tried to flare up communal feelings by
speaking on the Gujarat and Muzaffarnagar riots in detail.
Another FIR was lodged against Khan in Bijnore on April
11 for allegedly making provocative remarks at an election
rally in Nehtaur on the same day. He has been accused for
flaring up communal feeling and trying to divide people on
religious lines.
Earlier, an FIR was lodged against Khan in Sambhal on
April 12 on charges of inciting communal passions during his
election meeting on April 9 where Khan had exhorted the
electorate to take revenge from the rioters of Muzaffarnagar
by pressing the (EVM) button in the Lok Sabha polls.
On April 12, Khan was booked in Masuri police station of
Ghaziabad for his controversial remarks on Kargil war on
April7.
The SP leader, during his party rally in
Muslim-dominated area Masuri area, said. "Kargil ki pahadiyo
ko fateh karne wala koi Hindu nahi tha, balki Kargil ki
pahadiyo ko nara-e- takbeer Allah-Hu-Akbar kehkar fathe
karnewale Musalman fauji the" (peaks of Kargil were not
conquered by Hindus, but by Muslims).
Another FIR was registered against Azam in Shamli
district on April 12.
In his home district Ramppur too, an FIR was
registered against Khan for his speech at Kila Rampur made on
April 10 in which he purportedly reiterated his controversial
Kargil remarks and also targeted BJP leader Amit Shah terming
him "fascist and insaniyat ka qaatil".
In these FIRs charges against Khan included Sections 153A
(Promoting enmity between different groups on ground of
religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc),
153B( imputations, assertions prejudicial to national-
integration) and 505 (Statements creating or promoting
enmity, hatred or illwill between classes) of IPC besides
Section 125 Representation of the People Act, 1951).
Samajwadi Party leader Azam
Khan has been booked yet again for allegedly making
provocative speech at an election rally, the sixth case to be
registered against the UP minister after the Election
Commission cracked the whip on him.
The latest FIR was registered against Khan on April 13
night at Afzalgarh police station in Bijnore, official sources
said today.
While two FIRs have been lodged against Azam in Bijnore,
one FIR each has been lodged in Ghaziabad, Rampur, Sambhal and
Shamli districts for allegedly making inflammatory speeches
and violating the mode code of conduct.
On April 11, the EC had banned Khan from campaigning in
Uttar Pradesh and asked authorities to initiate criminal
proceedings against him.
The EC had been critical of the role of Samajwadi Party's
government in the state for "soft-pedalling" on registration
of FIRs against Khan and not dealing with the sensitive issue
with alacrity.
Khan had addressed an election rally at Afzalgarh in
support of Moradabad's SP candidate, ST Hasan on April 10 in
which he had allegedly tried to flare up communal feelings by
speaking on the Gujarat and Muzaffarnagar riots in detail.
Another FIR was lodged against Khan in Bijnore on April
11 for allegedly making provocative remarks at an election
rally in Nehtaur on the same day. He has been accused for
flaring up communal feeling and trying to divide people on
religious lines.
Earlier, an FIR was lodged against Khan in Sambhal on
April 12 on charges of inciting communal passions during his
election meeting on April 9 where Khan had exhorted the
electorate to take revenge from the rioters of Muzaffarnagar
by pressing the (EVM) button in the Lok Sabha polls.
On April 12, Khan was booked in Masuri police station of
Ghaziabad for his controversial remarks on Kargil war on
April7.
The SP leader, during his party rally in
Muslim-dominated area Masuri area, said. "Kargil ki pahadiyo
ko fateh karne wala koi Hindu nahi tha, balki Kargil ki
pahadiyo ko nara-e- takbeer Allah-Hu-Akbar kehkar fathe
karnewale Musalman fauji the" (peaks of Kargil were not
conquered by Hindus, but by Muslims).
Another FIR was registered against Azam in Shamli
district on April 12.
In his home district Ramppur too, an FIR was
registered against Khan for his speech at Kila Rampur made on
April 10 in which he purportedly reiterated his controversial
Kargil remarks and also targeted BJP leader Amit Shah terming
him "fascist and insaniyat ka qaatil".
In these FIRs charges against Khan included Sections 153A
(Promoting enmity between different groups on ground of
religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc),
153B( imputations, assertions prejudicial to national-
integration) and 505 (Statements creating or promoting
enmity, hatred or illwill between classes) of IPC besides
Section 125 Representation of the People Act, 1951).
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