SC questions UP govt for back-to-back FIRs against Azam Khan

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday questioned the UP government for lodging one after another FIRs against Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan and sought response from it on the plea of the politician alleging that he was being harassed and cases were being filed to keep him in custody
"What is this? He's been jail since two years. One or two cases is okay but it can't be in 89 cases. Whenever he gets bail, he's again sent to jail in some other matter... This chain will continue and prior to his release a fresh FIR would be filed," a bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao, B R Gavai and A S Bopanna said.
Additional solicitor general S V Raju, however, said the allegations against Khan are serious The court then asked the state to file a reply and posted the case to May 17.