Tahir Hussain gets life for IB staffer’s killing in 2020 riots

A Delhi court sentenced former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain and four others to life imprisonment. They were convicted for the murder of Intelligence Bureau staffer Ankit Sharma. The court found Sharma was lynched solely on account of his religion during the 2020 riots. While the prosecution sought the death penalty, it was declined by the judge. The judge considered educational backgrounds as a mitigating factor for the convicts.

By KOUSHIKI SAHA

Sentenced to life for IB man’s murder during Delhi riots: Who is ex-AAP face Tahir Hussain?

By Nirbhay Thakur

Who is Tahir Hussain? From AAP councillor to life convict in Ankit Sharma murder case during Delhi riots

Hussain, who represented the Nehru Vihar ward in northeast Delhi, was a sitting AAP councillor when the communal violence broke out in February 2020.

"Savagery": Ex-AAP Leader Tahir Hussain Gets Life For Intel Officer's Murder

Announcing the sentence on former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor Tahir Hussain, Delhi's Karkardooma court said the "manner of the crime was of utmost brutality"