Tahir Hussain Convicted In IB Officer Ankit Sharma Murder Case Linked To 2020 Delhi Riots

A Delhi court on Monday convicted former Aam Aadmi Party councillor Tahir Hussain and four others for the murder of Intelligence Bureau staffer Ankit Sharma during the 2020 riots in the national capital, The Indian Express reported.

The others who were convicted are Javed, Anas, Nazim and Kasim. Six persons were acquitted in the matter.

Sharma was killed by a mob during the violence and his body had been dumped in a drain.

The Karkardooma court convicted Hussain for murder, rioting, disobedience to an order promulgated by a public servant, promoting enmity between groups, rioting armed with a deadly weapon, unlawful assembly, and kidnapping or abducting with intent to secretly and wrongfully confine a person, Bar and Bench reported.