UP: Azam Khan's wife slips in jail bathroom, fractures shoulder

Samajwadi Party MLA from Rampur district and wife of MP Azam Khan, Tanzeen Fatma, received a hairline fracture in the shoulder after she fell down in the bathroom of Sitapur jail on Sunday.

Sitapur: Samajwadi Party MP Azam Khan's wife Tazeen Fatma has fractured her shoulder after falling in the bathroom of Sitapur District Jail, officials said on Sunday.

Fatma, an SP MLA in Uttar Pradesh assembly, suffered the fracture on May 8 when she slipped in the bathroom, the official said.

"She lost her balance while doing ablution. As soon the septuagenarian complained of pain, she was immediately rushed to the district hospital for an x-ray," said Jail Superintendent DC Mishra.

"Her x-ray revealed a hairline fracture in her shoulder following which plaster was put on her shoulder. Later she was brought back to the jail, said Mishra, adding her condition is fine.

Jail staffers are taking good care of her," he added.

Legislator Tazeen Fatma, her MP husband Azam Khan are and disqualified MLA son Abdullah are undergoing jail terms following their conviction for forging a birth certificate of later. All three are here in Sitapur Jail since February 28, 2020.

SP chief Akhilesh Yadav had urged Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to release the family from jail during Ramzan but the government did not respond.
(With inputs from IANS and PTI)