Samajwadi Party leader, Azam Khan's controversial statement on security personnel stationed at Jammu and Kashmir has landed him in trouble as two FIRs have been filed against him in Bijnor. The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Anil Kumar Pandey has filed FIRs against him.

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Station House Officer (SHO), Chandpur police station in Bijnor, Ajay Kumar said, the FIR has been filed against Azam Khan under IPC section 124 A (Sedition), 131 (Abetting mutiny or attempting to seduce a seduce a soldier, sailor or airman from his duty) and 505 (statements conducting to public mischief).

“Complainant alleged that Azam Khan statement was to instigate rebellion in the army. He also stated Azam with his statement also attempted to deviate them from performing their duties,” said Ajay Kumar adding that FIR was lodged at the directions of senior officials.

Anil Kumar Pandey, the complainant, however, told that police was not interested in filing a FIR and therefore, he protested at the office of SP, Bijnor on Thursday. And the protest was withdrawn after the FIR was lodged against Azam Khan.

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The second FIR was lodged at the Civil Lines police station in Rampur under Section 153 of IPC, (Promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony.) and 505 (Statements conducing to public mischief) on the basis of the complaint filed by one Akash Saxena, who's son the former SHiv Sena MLA Bahadur Saxena.

A reward of Rs 50 lakh has also been announced to anyone who cuts tongue of Azam Khan by another VHP leader Rajesh Kumar Awasthi. “People like Azam Khan make such derogatory statements only to lower the morale of security forces and such things could only be stopped after their tongues are cut off," Awasthi was quoted by Indian Express.

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Earlier Azam Khan on Tuesday had said that women “dahshatgard” (terrorists) were chopping off the private parts of the soldiers to send across a “strong message”, which should leave the entire country “ashamed”.

Later Khan said he was referring to attacks on security personnel in Chhattisgarh and said he just stated the facts which appeared in newspapers.