In a repeated turn of events, the MP/MLA Sessions Court has, for the fifth time, postponed the decision concerning Samajwadi Party MLA Irfan Solanki in relation to a fire incident in a makeshift dwelling on a plot owned by Nazir Fatima in Jajmau. Despite being summoned from the Maharajganj jail, Solanki was not presented before the court and was instead kept at the police lines upon his arrival in Kanpur.
The decision was anticipated against five individuals, including the MLA, his brother, and three others among the 12 accused in the case. The final hearing for both parties’ lawyers is scheduled for April 6, after which the court is expected to deliver its verdict.
DGC (Criminal) Dilip Awasthi revealed that initially, the police had filed a charge sheet against the MLA and his brother Rizwan Solanki. Later, a supplementary charge sheet was filed against three more accused, Shaukat Pehalwan, Izrail Atawala, and Mohammed Sharif, by the Jajmau police. ADGC Bhaskar Mishra stated that the court had ordered Solanki’s summoning from Maharajganj jail, with the prosecution presenting 18 witnesses and the defense presenting three.
Further Hearings Scheduled in Other Cases Involving MLA Solanki
Besides the case concerning the fire incident, MLA Irfan Solanki is also set to appear before the MP/MLA lower court on Thursday for a hearing in a violation of the code of conduct case, among others, registered at the Colonelganj police station. Following the deferral of the decision in one case, the police were preparing to bring Solanki to court for the hearings of the remaining cases.
Additionally, a hearing is scheduled for Thursday in the MP/MLA lower court regarding a case against Solanki, accused Haji Wasi, and Kamar Alam for allegedly demolishing a boundary wall to encroach upon a 350 square-yard plot in the Jajmau area. This session will mark the commencement of witness testimonies and the trial.
