Azam Khan, who was the ex-minister of Uttar Pradesh, wasthe urban development minister in the Party headed by Akhilesh Yadav and it wasreported that during his presence, no rules were followed in the recruitmentsin Uttar Pradesh.
On Friday, a special CBI court in UP’s Lucknow calledupon the former minister when they were considering the offenses mentioned in a charge sheet in connection with the recruitment scam which occurred under thepresence of the previous Samajwadi Party government in the Jal Nigam (WaterDepartment) of the state.
Azam Khan is currently in Sitapur jail in another case.So, the CBI judge directed the jail superintendent to make sure that he shouldbe present via video conference on Monday. The court has also called otherpeople involved in the case. They are Girish Chandra Srivastava, Neeraj Malik,Vishwajeet Singh, Ajai Yadav, Santosh Rastogi, and Kuldeep Negi.
On 25th April 2018, a case was registered bythe inspector Atal Bihari in the SIT police station after the specialinvestigation team (SIT) enquired about the case which had filed the charge sheet.
Azam Khan and his son were tested positive on April 30and were admitted to the hospital from the jail on May 9, they were dischargedfrom the hospital after recovering and were taken back to jail on July 13.
Khan, his son, and his wife Tazeen Fatma were lodged injail in February last year in connection with various cases. In December, TheAllahabad High Court granted bail to the latter in all 34 cases, which wereregistered against her.