In yet another setback to Mohammad Azam Khan, the Samajwadi Party MP from Rampur, a court of Rampur district has ordered demolition of the main gate of Mohammad Ali Jauhar University.

The Jauhar University has also been ordered to pay Rs 63.80 lakh as penalty.

The court has declared the construction of the main gate of the university as illegal construction on government land. Azam Khan is the promoter of the private university.

The court has asked the Jauhar University administration to pay Rs 4.55 lakh per month for continuing the offence till the 'illegal' main gate is demolished.

It may be recalled that in February 2021, a portion of the boundary wall of the Jauhar University, which was allegedly built illegally on government land, was demolished to provide a passage to the farmers to their land on the university campus.

Following an order by the court of Additional District Magistrate JP Gupta, the Rampur district administration in January 2021 had vested the ownership of 173 acre land of the Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar Trust with the state government and this entry was also registered in state's revenue records.

The trust is run and controlled by Azam Khan and his family.

Azam Khan has been in Sitapur jail since February 2020 with more than a hundred cases registered against him. Azam Khan and his family members, including his wife Tazeen Fatma and son Abdullah Azam, have been booked under charges like land-grabbing, forgery, book theft, statue theft, goat theft, buffalo theft, power theft and others. His wife has been released on bail while the son is still in jail.

The Samajwadi Party leader had tested positive for novel coronavirus infection on April 30 and was shifted to Lucknow for treatment. Khan was discharged on July 13 after remaining in ICU for several days. However, his health deteriorated a few days later and the SP leader was again shifted to a hospital in Lucknow.