Land grabbing case registered in UP Revenue Board against SP leader

Lucknow, March 09: A case has been filed in the Revenue Board of the Uttar Pradesh government against former Cabinet Minister and senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Mohd. Azam Khan for forcing Dalits to sign registry papers of a land for the Mohammad Ali Jauhar University in Rampur, his constituency, an official said on Thursday.

The action is a follow-up of a complaint filed with the Chief Minister's Office by Akaash Kumar Saxena, president of the Rampur unit of the Indian Industries Association. He is son of four-time BJP legislator and two time Minister in the state Shiv Bahadur Saxena.

Akaash Kumar has alleged in his complaint that the then powerful Cabinet Minister and local legislator Azam Khan arm-twisted many Dalits in the area into sign off their land (100 acres) in favour of the Maulana Jauhar Ali Trust. The revenue officials were also accomplices in this bungling, Saxena alleged.