Treated like terrorist, says jailed MP

Sitapur (UP), February 29

Jailed Samajwadi Party MP Azam Khan today alleged that very inhuman treatment was being meted out to him — “just like a terrorist”.

“Bahut amanviya bartav hua hai mere saath,” Khan who was taken from Sitapur jail to Rampur court on Saturday morning in connection with a hearing told newspersons from a police van.

“Just like a terrorist,” he shouted, as he was being whisked away.

Khan’s legislator wife Tanzeen Fatima and their son and disqualified MLA Abdullah Azam were also taken to Rampur amidst tight security for a hearing in another case.

The three were shifted to Sitapur jail from Rampur on Thursday. A court had remanded them in judicial custody till March 2 in a fake birth certificate case after they surrendered before it on Wednesday. The case relates to two birth certificates for Abdullah Azam, who allegedly gave a wrong date of birth while filing his papers for the 2017 polls. — PTI