TAHIR DENIED BAIL IN ANKIT TIWARI CASE

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Monday denied bail to former Aam Aadmi Party Councillor Tahir Hussain in connection with the murder of IB official Ankit Tiwari during the north-east Delhi riots, adding that Hussain was present at the crime spot and used rioters as “human weapons, who on his instigation could have killed anybody”. Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Yadav denied the bail, who was charge sheeted for playing a “pivotal role in the incident”, while stating that there is “enough material”. “…There is enough material on record to presume that Hussain was very well present at the spot of crime and was exhorting the rioters of a particular community...”