Tahir Hussain moves Delhi HC against conviction in IB officer’s murder case
Former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain has appealed to the Delhi High Court against his conviction and life sentence for the murder of an IB officer during the 2020 Delhi riots. Hussain claims the investigation was tainted and that the trial court relied on unreliable witnesses.
Why it matters
This case is a high-profile legal matter stemming from the 2020 Delhi riots, involving questions of judicial process and political accountability.
Former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor Tahir Hussain has approached the Delhi High Court challenging his conviction and life sentence for the murder of Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer Ankit Sharma during the February 2020 riots in north-east Delhi.
The appeal, which was filed on August 24, is likely to come up for hearing next week.
“The investigation against the appellant has been tainted since the very beginning, aimed at implicating him in order to satisfy public anger. The FIR is ante-dated and ante-timed, no material investigation was carried out until March 6, 2020, that is, till the appellant was arrested in another case,” Hussain contended.
He alleged that some witnesses were planted while statements of genuine eyewitnesses were “manipulated”, adding that the actual perpetrators have not been brought to book.
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