India News | Court Frames Charges Against Azam Khan in Case of Misuse of Official Letterhead, Seal
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A special court here on Wednesday framed charges against senior Samajwadi Party leader and former minister Mohd Azam Khan in a case of misuse of official letterhead and seal.
Lucknow, Oct 12 (PTI) A special court here on Wednesday framed charges against senior Samajwadi Party leader and former minister Mohd Azam Khan in a case of misuse of official letterhead and seal.
The court fixed November 4 for recording of prosecution evidence against him.
Special Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate A K Srivastava read out the charges to Khan, who denied them and pleaded not guilty. Khan was present in the court in person.
The special MP/MLA court had rejected Khan's plea for clean chit in the case on September 29.
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The FIR in the matter was registered at Hazratganj police station on February 1, 2019.
The complainant, Allama Jamir Naqvi, had alleged that Azam Khan had misused the official letterhead and seal in order to damage the image of the BJP, RSS and cleric Syed Kalbe Jawad.
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