Veteran Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan was again shifted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of critical care medicine department of Medanta Hospital in Lucknow on Wednesday after his condition deteriorated. Azam Khan was admitted to Medanta on May 9 after testing positive for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Sitapur prison on April 30 along with his son Abdullah Khan, 30. Dr Kapoor also said that the condition of Azam Khan's son is stable. RS Yadav, the jailer of Sitapur prison, had said that Azam Khan underwent Covid-19 tests after complaining of fever and cough. Azam Khan, along with his son and wife Tazeen Fatma, has been in jail since February last year in connection with various cases of land grabbing, encroachment and others.

Source: Hindustan Times May 26, 2021 15:00 UTC