Daijiworld Media Network - Rampur

Rampur, Nov 17: Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan and his son Abdullah Khan faced a major legal setback on Monday as a Special MP-MLA Court in Rampur sentenced both to seven years in prison for possessing two PAN cards with different dates of birth, a lawyer confirmed.

Abdullah Khan was found guilty of creating a second PAN card with a falsified date of birth to artificially increase his age, enabling him to meet the minimum age requirement to contest elections. The court ruled that Azam Khan was involved in the broader conspiracy. After the verdict, the father-son duo was taken into custody.

The case dates back to 2019, when local leader Akash Kumar Saxena lodged a complaint with the Civil Lines Police Station alleging fraud, forgery, and criminal cons

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