Delhi riots case: Enforcement Directorate arrests Tahir Hussain under money laundering charges

Suspended AAP councillor Tahir Hussain received cash from "dubious entities" and hawala operators and used the money to "fuel" anti-CAA protests and riots in Delhi in February, the Enforcement Directorate said on Monday.

The Central probe agency had arrested Hussain last week and a local court on August 28 sent him to ED custody for six days.

The agency on Monday brought him to its office in New Delhi from Tihar jail for interrogation.

Hussain, the agency said, has been "arrested in connection with ongoing PMLA investigation into his role in money laundering and funding of anti-CAA protests and organising riots in north-east Delhi during February, 2020."