Ex-AAP Leader Tahir Hussain Convicted For Intelligence Officer’s Murder During Delhi Riots,

A Delhi court on Monday convicted former Aam Aadmi Party Councillor Tahir Hussain, four others for the murder of Intelligence Bureau (IB) official Ankit Sharma during the 2020 northeast Delhi riots.

The Karkardooma Court found Tahir Hussain, who was suspended by the AAP after his name came up in the case, guilty under the charges of promoting enmity, rioting, assault, criminal force and murder.

The officer’s body was later recovered from a drain. His face and other parts of his body had been burned by acid to conceal his identity.

This case was registered on February 26, 2020, on the complaint given by Ravinder Kumar, the victim’s father.

In his complaint, he alleged that the demonstration had been going on by the anti-CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act) and pro-CAA protesters for 2-3 days at Chand Bagh Pulia, Main Karawal Nagar Road, in which the incidents of stone throwing, brick batting, arson, firing and sabotage had taken place from both sides.(UPDATED ON 13TH JULY 2026)