Chief judicial magistrate (CJM) Sandhya Srivastava has summoned UP cabinet minister Azam Khan on January 24 for calling IPS officer Amitabh Thakur a blot in the administrative services.

The CJM, Lucknow, issued summon after hearing Amitabh who in his complaint alleged that Khan, at a press conference in Rampur on November 30, 2015, used derogatory language and called him a blot on the administrative system. Calling it defamatory, Amitabh had filed this complaint in which three witnesses deposed in his favour.