facts about Abu Azmi Life before politics: * He was a successful businessman and was also arrested for the 6 March 1993 bomb blasts, which killed more than 250 people in Mumbai. *The Mumbai Police had alleged that he was involved with the perpetrators of the bomb blast by helping them flee the country through his travel agency. *However after spending a year in jail, he got acquitted of all the charges. Then Azmi entered politics and joined Samajwadi Party. His son Farhan Azmi has entered politics from North-Central ward in Mumbai and has been making claims that Mumbai will be akin to Switzerland if SP comes into power. *Azmi has raised issues like custodial death of Khwaja Yunus, accused in the Ghatkopar blasts of 2002, who was allegedly killed during police custody in January 2003. *He is officially the richest elected representative of Maharashtra with cash and assets worth Rs 126 crore (Rs 1.26 billion) but constituency, Mankhurd-Shivaji Nagar, consists of poorest of the poor in Mumbai. #FarhanAzmi
Posted on: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 15:52:51 +0000
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