India, Sept. 24 -- Senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader and former cabinet minister and Member of Parliament Azam Khan was released from Sitapur district jail on Tuesday after 23 months. Azam Khan soon left for his home town Rampur, accompanied by his sons Abdullah and Adeeb. Heavy security was deployed outside the jail and Khan exited through the side gate.
Dressed in his trademark white kurta-pyjama paired with a black waistcoat, Khan drove past the jail premises in a private vehicle, not interacting with a host of reporters who tried to get his comment. Khan's elder son, Adeeb, accompanied by hundreds of party workers, had gathered outside the Sitapur district jail since morning to receive him.
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