Former AAP Councillor Tahir Hussain, 4 Others Get Life Term for Murder of IB Officer
The court also convicted four others and acquitted six accused after finding the killing was carried out during communal violence.
- On Friday, July 31, 2026, a Delhi Court sentenced former Aam Aadmi Party Councillor Tahir Hussain and four others to life imprisonment for the 2020 murder of Intelligence Bureau officer Ankit Sharma. The Karkardooma court noted the "manner of the crime was of utmost brutality."
- Sharma was killed during the February 2020 riots in North East Delhi, and his body was later recovered from a drain near Chand Bagh Pulia after his father Ravinder Kumar filed a complaint.
- The court convicted Hussain and four others under IPC sections 302 and 147. Delhi Police had sought the death penalty, submitting the killing marked by 51 injuries qualified as a "rarest of rare" case.
- Special public prosecutor Madhukar Pandey argued against leniency, stating the convicts showed no mercy. Additional Sessions Judge Praveen Singh pronounced the sentence after determining the prosecution failed to prove the convicts were beyond reformation.
- The court also convicted Javed, Anas, Nazim, and Kasim for the crime, while six other accused were acquitted. Charges of hatching a criminal conspiracy were dropped for all defendants.
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Delhi Riots Case: Ankit Sharma’s brother calls for death penalty for Tahir Hussain after court gave life term verdict
New Delhi: The brother of Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer Ankit Sharma, who was killed during the 2020 Northeast Delhi riots, on Friday expressed disappointment over the life imprisonment awarded to former Aam Aadmi Party councillor Tahir Hussain and four others, saying the family had been seeking the death penalty for the convicts. Delhi’s Karkardooma Court on Friday sentenced Tahir Hussain and four others to life imprisonment in connection wi…
Former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain, 4 others get life term for murder of IB officer
A Delhi court on Friday sentenced former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor Tahir Hussain and four others to life imprisonment for the murder of Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer Ankit Sharma during the 2020 Delhi riots, reports Bar & Bench. Additional Sessions Judge Praveen Singh of the Karkardooma Court rejected the prosecution’s plea for the death penalty, holding that although the crime was marked by “nauseating and sickening” brutality, the co…
Anything below death sentence is injustice, say family of IB officer Ankit Sharma
Ravinder Kumar, the father of murdered Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer Ankit Sharma, expressed disappointment at Friday’s verdict in which former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor Tahir Hussain and four others were given life terms, saying anything other than a death sentence is “injustice” for the family
Life term for ex-AAP leader Tahir Hussain in Delhi riots case; why city court ruled out death penalty
A Delhi court sentenced former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain and four others to life imprisonment for the 2020 murder of IB officer Ankit Sharma during riots. The judge indicated that the case was not severe enough for the death penalty, citing potential for reform.
Delhi Riots: Tahir Hussain Sentenced to Life in Prison for Ankit Sharma's Murder
On 31 July 2026, a Delhi court sentenced former Aam Aadmi Party councillor Tahir Hussain and four others to life imprisonment for the murder of Intelligence Bureau officer Ankit Sharma during the 2020 North-East Delhi riots. The court found them guilty of murder, rioting, kidnapping, and other serious offences. The verdict followed a lengthy trial and was delivered in the presence of the accused and senior police officials.According to Live Law,…
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