- By Shibra Arshad
- Fri, 05 Dec 2025 02:59 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Abdullah Azam Passport Forgery Case: In yet another blow to Samajwadi Party heavyweight Azam Khan and his family, a special MP/MLA court on Friday sentenced his son Abdullah Azam Khan to seven years imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 in a 2019 case involving possession and use of two passports with different dates of birth.
Abdullah was the sole accused in the passport forgery case. He was taken into custody immediately after the verdict and sent to jail, where his father, Azam Khan, is already lodged in a separate dual PAN card case.
A Trail Of Cases
- Earlier, Azam Khan, his wife Tanzeen Fatima and Abdullah were convicted in the fake birth certificate case.
- In November 2025, both father and son were sentenced to seven years in the duplicate PAN card case and are currently in jail.
Abdullah Azam's Short Political Career
Abdullah Azam entered politics in 2017 and was elected MLA twice, from Suar (2017) and Suar (2022), but lost both seats after courts disqualified him over age discrepancies in his election documents.
After the SP government fell in 2017, a flurry of cases were registered against the family. In 2019 alone, 42 fresh FIRs were filed against Abdullah in Rampur district, while old cases were revived. In total, he has faced 43 criminal cases, of which 41 are still pending in various courts.
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With Friday’s sentencing in the passport case, legal troubles for the once-powerful Azam Khan family intensify further.