IB Officer's Murder: Delhi HC Asks Police To Reply To Ex-AAP Councillor Tahir Hussain's Appeal
The court also directed jail authorities to place on record the nominal roll of the convict and called for trial court records in the case.
Published : September 2, 2026 at 11:57 AM IST
|Updated : September 2, 2026 at 5:05 PM IST
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued a notice to Delhi Police, seeking its response on a plea by former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain challenging his conviction and life sentence for the murder of Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer Ankit Sharma during the 2020 Delhi riots.
Admitting the appeal, Justice Prathiba M Singh and Vikas Mahajan listed the hearing for December 2 along with other connected appeals. The HC called for trial court records in the case and directed jail authorities to place on record the nominal roll of the convict as well.
Hussain challenged the trial court's judgment convicting and sentencing him in the case, saying the investigation was aimed at implicating him to satisfy public anger.
On July 31, the Karkardooma Court sentenced five persons, including Hussain, to life imprisonment in the case and acquitted six others. The court also rejected the Delhi Police's plea seeking the death penalty for the convicts, stating that there was scope for their reformation.
Those convicted included Nazim, Qasim, Anas, and Javed. The accused who were acquitted included Haseen alias Mullaji and Salman, Meer Khan, Firoz, Javed, Gulfam, Shoaib Alam alias Bobby, and Muntazim alias Musa.
The Delhi Police Crime Branch had filed a charge sheet in this case on June 3, 2020, which stated that on February 24 and 25, 2020, Hussain led a mob from his house and a mosque near Chand Bagh Puliya, inciting communal violence. It alleged that a conspiracy was hatched to murder IB officer Sharma, who was specifically targeted by the mob led by the ex-AAP councillor. The incident took place outside his house in the Khajuri Khas area. After killing Sharma, the mob dumped his body into a drain.
The post-mortem revealed 51 injury marks on Sharma’s body, which were caused by a sharp-edged weapon. The police charge sheet described as the mastermind and alleged that he incited the mob in the Chand Bagh area. A case was registered against him based on the statement given by Sharma’s father under Sections 302, 365, and 201, read with Section 34, of the Indian Penal Code.
A large quantity of materials used in the violence was allegedly recovered from the rooftop of Tahir’s house. At least 53 people were killed and around two hundred others were injured in the riots that took place in North-East Delhi in February 2020.
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