Rampur (Uttar Pradesh): The state police have sent a notice to Samajwadi Party (SP) MP Azam Khan directing him to refrain from travelling without his bodyguards, allotted by the administration.
"MP Azam Khan is provided with Y category security under which he gets one security guard at his house and two bodyguards are always there with him. It had come to our notice that recently he has started travelling without his bodyguards which could prove to be an issue in his security," Superintendent of Police Ajay Pal Sharma said on Friday.
"Therefore, we have requested him to always move around with his bodyguards, as it is a lapse on his part," he added.
About the situation in Rampur district, which saw protests by SP workers and leaders against Azam Khan's son Abdullah Azam Khan being detained following the police raids at Jauhar University on Tuesday, Sharma asserted that everything was under control.
He further said that they have deployed their forces in the strategic points. "We are attempting to ensure there is no lapse in the security in the area, Section 144 is also in force in the area and therefore we are trying to ensure it is followed," Sharma said.
Before the arrest, Abdullah spoke to reporters and said, "We are fighting for our rights. This is an injustice. People are being framed in false cases. There is no law and order in the state."
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