Delhi Court Convicts Tahir Hussain In 2020 IB Officer Ankit Sharma Murder Case

NEW DELHI, July 15: A Delhi court has convicted former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor Tahir Hussain and several co-accused in the 2020 murder of Intelligence Bureau (IB) staffer Ankit Sharma during the northeast Delhi riots. Additional Sessions Judge Praveen Singh of the Karkardooma Courts held Hussain guilty under multiple provisions of the Indian Penal Code, including murder (Section 302), rioting, promoting enmity, unlawful assembly, abduction, and disobedience of a public servant’s order. GeographicReference According to the prosecution, Sharma was abducted and killed on February 25, 2020, during the communal violence in northeast Delhi. His body was later recovered from a nearby drain. The court found that the prosecution had established Hussain’s role in the crime based on witness testimony and other evidence. The judgment, delivered more than six years after the riots, followed the examination of numerous witnesses and extensive documentary and forensic evidence. The court observed that the killing was carried out by an unlawful assembly during the riots. The quantum of sentence is expected to be decided in a separate hearing.