Meerut, Nov. 29 -- Samajwadi Party (SP) national general secretary Mohammad Azam Khan, who was sent back to jail on November 17 in a dual PAN card case with his son Abdullah Azam, was on Friday acquitted by the Special MP-MLA Court in Rampur in a seven-year-old case related to allegedly objectionable remarks made about the family of former Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh.

The Rampur court ruled that the prosecution failed to provide sufficient evidence to prove the charges, stated Azam Khan's lawyer Vinod Sharma.

Azam Khan appeared before the court via video conference from jail after he reportedly refused to travel in the large prison vehicle used for transporting inmates. Once connected online, he expressed gratitude to the court for the ju...