Tahir Hussain, other convicts get life terms in Ankit Sharma murder case

A Delhi Court on Friday (July 31, 2026) sentenced former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Councillor Tahir Hussain to life improvement in the murder of Intelligence Bureau officer Ankit Sharma during 2020 riots.

Earlier this month, the Additional Sessions Judge Praveen Singh of the Karkardooma had convicted Hussain and four others in the crime.

The Delhi police had sought death penalty for the former Councillor, submitting that the “cold-blooded” killing, marked by 51 injuries on the victim’s body, qualified as a “rarest of rare” case warranting capital punishment.