UP: Electricity connection of resort owned by Azam Khan's kin cut off

Allegation of power theft has been raised against SP leader Azam Khan's kin, following which the local administration of Rampur in Uttar Pradesh has cut off the electricity connection of a resort. The SDM and SDO themselves conducted a raid to the resort belongs to Azam Khan's kin.

Rampur (Uttar Pradesh):The local administration cut off electricity connection of a resort owned by Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan's kin following complaints of illegal electricity and tubewell connections.

Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Prem Prakash Tiwari and Sub Divisional Officer (SDO) Rajeev Ranjan raided the premises.

Tiwari said that the raid was conducted after District Magistrate received a complaint in the connection. He confirmed that power theft was detected during the raid.

Besides, officials also investigated, whether farmers were getting water from tubewell in the resort.

A total of 80 cases have been registered against Khan, Lok Sabha MP from Rampur in which most cases concern land encroachment by Jauhar University. Khan is the Vice-Chancellor of the Varsity.