The Uttar Pradesh government has withdrawn the 'Y-category' security cover provided to senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan, saying it was not needed.
Rampur Additional Superintendent of Police Sansar Singh said they received a letter from the security headquarters in Lucknow, which said there is no need to provide the Y-category security to Azam Khan, a 10-time MLA from Rampur.
In compliance with the order, his security was withdrawn, he added.
Mr Singh said under the Y-category security, Azam Khan was given three gunmen and security personnel who were posted at his residence round the clock.
All the security personnel (posted with Azam Khan) have been called back to the police Lines in Rampur, he said.
Azam Khan had won the Rampur assembly seat in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh polls for a record 10th time. After becoming the MLA, he had resigned from the Lok Sabha.
In October 2022, the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Secretariat announced the disqualification of Azam Khan from the House, a day after a court sentenced him to three years in jail in a hate speech case.
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