UP: Income tax conducts surprise raids at SP leader Azam Khan’s premises today

The income tax department raided several premises linked to Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan on Wednesday morning. The raids are still ongoing in Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow, Rampur, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Saharanpur, and Sitapur.

IT raids at SP Azam Khan’s premises

According to the media reports, these IT raids are in connection with the Al Jauhar Trust. However, the details are yet to be disclosed.

#WATCH | Uttar Pradesh | Income Tax department is conducting searches at multiple premises linked to Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan: Sources

Searches are underway in cities including Rampur, Meerut, Lucknow and Ghaziabad.

Visuals from Rampur. pic.twitter.com/gQGetlT3N1

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Al Jauhar Trust’s plot issue

Notably, Former Cabinet Minister Azam Khan is the chief of the Al Jauhar Trust. Earlier this year, the UP government cancelled a lease for a 3.24-acre plot in Rampur given to the Trust in order to set up a research institute. In 2013-14, the lease of this plot was signed for ₹100 a year for over 30 years.

However, it was nullified by the state government on allegations of irregularities. The research institute was never built.

More details are still waiting.