SP MP Azam Khan, wife, son shifted to Sitapur jail, Akhilesh meets them

A day after surrendering at a Rampur court and being remanded in judicial custody there, SP MP Azam Khan, his wife and son were on Thursday shifted to Sitapur jail, where party chief Akhilesh Yadav met them.

After meeting Khan, Yadav said the Smajwadi party party MP has been targeted by the BJP under a "political conspiracy".

"I met Azam sahab. His wife is not well and son also has injury in his hand. I hope the jail administration will provide them due facilities. After the BJP came to power, Azam Khan was targeted. It was a political conspiracy due to which he was sent to jail. The court will help him," he said.

Akhilesh was talking to reporters after meeting Azam Khan, his legislator-wife Tazeen Fatma and MLA-son Abdullah Azam, who were shifted to the district jail here from Rampur on early Thursday morning.

"The three reached Sitapur Jail on Thursday morning. They are expected to be here till March 2," a jail official said.

On reaching Sitapur from Rampur, Khan earlier spoke to reporters waiting for him at the jail entrance.

Asked about the number of cases lodged against him, Khan said, "The entire country knows what is happening to me and my family."