Tahir Hussain, armed mob dragged and murdered IB officer Ankit Sharma: Delhi court
A day after a Delhi court convicted former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor Tahir Hussain for the murder of Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer Ankit Sharma during the 2020 Northeast Delhi riots, it held that the Hussain, along with an “armed” mob carried out a “savage” and “relentless” attack against Sharma. The court has set July 23 as the next date of hearing when arguments on the quantum of sentence will be heard. The municipal body had suspended the AAP councillor Tahir Hussain who has been booked in at least 10 cases related to the north-east Delhi riots. (PTI ) What the court said In the 320-page detailed judgment, Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Parveen Singh of Karkardooma courts observed on Tuesday that, based on the testimonies of three crucial eye-witnesses, the prosecution had proved beyond reasonable doubt that Hussain was part of an “unlawful assembly which, with animus (ill-intention) against Hindus, had assembled at Chand Bagh Pulia with a common object to commit rioting, loot, arson and to cause damage to Hindus and their properties”. “The …








