
Suspended AAP Councillor Tahir Hussain Arrested in Delhi Court Over IB Staffer's Murder
The police have sought five-day custody of Tahir Hussain who was booked for Ankit Sharma’s murder during the communal riots that rocked Delhi last month.
File photo of Suspended AAP councillor Tahir Hussain.
New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Monday arrested suspended AAP councillor Tahir Hussain from a court here in connection with the alleged killing of Intelligence Bureau official Ankit Sharma during the recent communal violence in northeast Delhi.
The police have sought five-day custody of Hussain before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Pawan Singh Rajawat.
Hussain was booked for his alleged role in the murder of the IB staffer during the communal riots that rocked the city last month.
The family of Sharma (26), who was found dead in a drain near his home in riot-hit Chand Bagh area, has accused Hussain of being behind the killing.
On the complaint of Sharma's father, the police registered FIR against Hussain, who has rejected the charges.
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