Lucknow, September 29: The Samajwadi Party (SP) has announced Tazeen Fatma as its candidate for by-elections to Rampur Assembly constituency. The Rampur assembly seat fell vacant after MLA Azam Khan was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) from the Rampur Lok Sabha constituency in the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections. Fatma is a member of the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh and wife of Azam Khan. Azam Khan Land Grabbing Case: UP Police Filed 72 Cases Against SP Leader Since April, Decides to Open His 'History Sheet'.

Khan is named by the investigating agencies in a number of cases. The Samajwadi Party leader has been booked in multiple cases of land grab, book theft, money laundering and lion statue theft that have been registered against him in the past one month. Abdullah Azam Khan, Son of SP MP Azam Khan, Arrested For Fake Passport Documents.

Rampur Superintendent of Police (SP) Ajay Pal Sharma had said that the SP MP's arrest was possible in the sections under which cases had been registered against him. "We will arrest him only when investigations confirm his involvement in the cases," he said. Assembly By-Elections 2019: Congress Declares Candidates For Puducherry, Assam, Chhattisgarh Bypolls.

Azam Khan has been in the eye of storm after 26 cases of land grabbing were registered against him by farmers, who claim, that he usurped their land for Rampur's Jauhar University.

The police have also charged him with the theft of about 2,000 books from the town's ancient Aaliya Madarasa. The books were recovered from the University in a raid. Two lion statues, reportedly stolen from Rampur Club, were also found in the University. However, District Magistrate Anjneya Kumar Singh said that there was no restriction on Azam Khan visiting Rampur.

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