Rampur | After being accused of stealing books and a buffalo, Samajwadi Party lawmaker Mohd Azam Khan has now been booked by Rampur police for goat theft.
Rampur Police has filed an FIR against Azam Khan by a resident of Yateem Khan Sarai Gate, Rampur Public Gate, Naseema Khatoon, 50.
The case included Khan and seven others, including chairman of both Sunni and Shia Waqf Boards.
The complainant has alleged that Azam Khan, along with seven cohorts and some 25 other unidentified people barged into her house on October 15, 2016, vandalised her residence and stole her jewellery and three buffaloes, a cow and four goats.
She said that she had been living as a bona fide tenant on the Waqf Board property for the past two decades and that Khan and his team members asked her to vacate the premises as the land was required for a school.
Prominent among those named in the FIR include Waseem Rizvi, chairman of the Shia Waqf Board, Zufar Ahmed Farooqui, chairman of the Sunni Central Waqf Board and former circle officer, Aaley Hasan.
Azam Khan has now including this case, 82 cases registered against him. He is also declared ‘land mafia’ by the state government.50 of the cases relate to land grabbing.
His anticipatory bail application has already been rejected by a local court.
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