The Samajwadi Party workers on Thursday took to streets of Rampur against the UP administration for the victimisation of its Lok Sabha MP Azam Khan and his MLA son Abdullah Azam.
The district administration had imposed Section 144 in the city and Abdullah and his supporters were arrested by the police on Thursday for violating the same.
The police had also taken party MP S T Hasan and former MP Dharmendra Yadav into custody for violating Section 144.
SP’s Dharmendra Yadav said, “The state government is doing injustice with Azam Khan and his son. If this does not stop, lakhs of Samajwadis will take to the streets. We will fight for Azam Khan and will save the Jauhar University at all costs.”
Earlier, the UP Police had carried out a raid at Mohammad Ali Jauhar University in Rampur and recovered around 100 expensive books which are said to be stolen from other institutes. Azam’s son Abdullah was earlier detained on Wednesday for obstructing search operations at the university.
Though later, he was released on a personal bond.
Another party MLA Pinky Yadav had an altercation with the police officials when they stopped her from going to Rampur. SP MLA Iqbal Mehmood sat on dharna near the Rampur highway, disrupting traffic movement.
SP MLA Mehboob Ali was prevented from moving out of his house after police surrounded his residence in Amroha.
To maintain law and order situation in Rampur, vehicles on the Lucknow-Delhi highway were subjected to checking.
The Superintendent of Police Ajay Pal Sharma was quoted as saying by IANS that vehicles were getting an entry in Rampur post checking the details like name of the owner, driver and clicking a picture of the vehicle.
Rampur District Magistrate Aanjanye Kumar said that the administration was fully prepared to deal with the situation and would ensure peace in the district.