New Delhi (NVI): Suspended Aam Aadmi Party leader Tahir Hussain, accused in the murder of Intelligence Bureau employee Ankit Sharma, has been arrested as a Delhi court rejected his plea to surrender here today.
Hussain was arrested after the court rejected his application to surrender. He has also filed an anticipatory bail plea at Karkardooma court in Delhi which will hear the case, according to media reports.
The politician who is accused of murder, rioting and arson, appeared before a Delhi court today.
Tahir Hussain was charged after the body of Ankit Sharma was recovered last week from a drain in northeast Delhi’s Jaffrabad, one of the worst-hit areas in the violence over the citizenship law. The police said he was absconding since his name cropped up in the case.
He was suspended by AAP after allegations from the IB official’s family. Sharma’s family claims that Hussain incited the mob which had caught the IB staffer and killed him.
