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Azam Khan Azam KhanUP Police’s Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Wednesday lodged an FIR against Samajwadi Party MLA Azam Khan and seven others in connection with their alleged involvement in Jal Nigam recruitment scam. “The SIT lodged the FIR after obtaining permission from the state government. The SIT, in its probe, had reportedly found that due procedures were not followed in the recruitment of 1,300 persons on different positions in Jal Nigam between 2016 and 2017. Jal Nigam terminated the recruitment of the 122 assistant engineers after it found in its internal inquiry in May last year that rules were not followed during their hiring. Sources in the police said that recruitments were made for different posts, including assistant engineers, junior engineers, stenographers and ministerial staffs..