A Delhi court on Monday sent suspended Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) councillor Tahir Hussain to four-day police custody in connection with the alleged killing of 26-year-old Intelligence Bureau staffer Ankit Sharma during the recent communal violence in North-east Delhi. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Pawan Singh Rajawat sent Hussain for interrogation after police sought his custody for five days.
Earlier, the Delhi Police has arrested Tahir Hussain from a Delhi’s Rouse Avenue court on March 5 in connection with the alleged killing of Intelligence Bureau official Ankit Sharma during the recent communal violence in North-east Delhi.
After being taken into custody from the Rouse Avenue court premises Hussain was taken to the Sunlight police station for further investigation.
Hussain was booked for his alleged role in the murder of the IB staffer during the communal riots that rocked the city last month.