Azam Khan’s Hearing in CBI Court Postponed Due to ‘Absence of Documents’
GG News Bureau
Sitapur, 12th May. Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan, who is lodged in Sitapur jail for 38 months, was taken to Lucknow to appear before the CBI court on Thursday. However, due to the absence of a few documents on the part of the CBI, the hearing could not take place and the Samajwadi Party leader was sent back to the Sitapur jail.
The next date for the hearing will be given by this evening.
SP leader Azam Khan was taken to the court in connection with a case concerning an alleged Jal Nigam recruitment scam which is being probed by the Central agency.
The enquiry of the alleged scam, which was registered by the SIT in 2017, was handed over to the CBI.
A total of eight persons, including the then minister Azam Khan, Director Jal Nigam, and the Project Manager, involved in the alleged scam, were granted anticipatory bail in the case. However, Azam Khan was sent back to Sitapur jail as charges could not be framed against him today due to the absence of papers on the part of the Central Bureau of Investigation in the case.
After Azam Khan was produced in the court, his advocate, Kalim Rehman, said, “Today Azam Khan was produced before the court for the framing of charges against him. The court had sought some documents from the state government which were not provided today. Because of this reason, the hearing could not be conducted today. When the entire document is presented, the court will frame the charges.”
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