Tahir named in two fresh chargesheets

NEWDELHI: Delhi police on Friday filed two more charge sheets in cases related to the February riots in northeast Delhi.

In both, the police charged suspended AAP councillor Tahir Hussain along with other accused.

The two charge sheets were filed in two separate incidents of violence during the riots -- the first, related to arson and robbery at a godown of essential goods in Karawal Nagar; and the second, arson and rioting at a parking lot in Chand Bagh.

According to a senior police officer who asked not to be named, in the two charge sheets, police have charged Hussain, his younger brother Shah Alam and at least 10 others for rioting, being armed with weapons, dacoity, mischief by fire or explosive substance, unlawful assembly and criminal conspiracy . “Both incidents took place on February 24 and two separate FIRs were registered on February 27. In the first case, the charge sheet says that Hussain led a mob into a godown of essential commodities in Karawal Nagar and set it afire. The godown owner claimed a loss of worth ~25-30 lakh. Hussain and five others were arrested,” the officer added. In the second incident, the charge sheet mentions that Hussain and his brother Shah Alam along with eight others, broke open the shutters of Pradeep Parking Lot. “They reached the first floor and robbed the people there of their money and valuables... Hussain and others threw petrol bombs into the parking area and all the vehicles parked there were gutted,” the officer said.

Both the incidents pertain to the jurisdiction of Khajuri Khas police station.