‘Ex-AAP leader led mob that killed IB official’
Chargesheet terms the Feb 25 murder a conspiracy
NEW Delhi Police on Wednesday filed a second chargesheet against suspended Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor Tahir Hussain for incidents linked to the February riots in north-east Delhi, alleging that he “led and instigated” the murder of IB official Ankit Sharma as part of a “deep-rooted conspiracy”.
This is the second chargesheet filed against Hussain in two days.
He was charged by the police on Tuesday for allegedly playing a pivotal role in the riots in which 53 people were killed.
The police on Wednesday also filed a charge sheet against the principal of Shiv Vihar Rajdhani Public school for rioting outside the premises of the school during the communal rioting that started as clashes between protestors for and against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.
Narrating the alleged sequence of events that led to Sharma’s death, the police said: “At 5pm on February 25, the IB official had moved ahead from the crowd of Hindus standing away from Hussain’s house to pacify people, when 20-25 rioters on Hussain’s instructions caught him and dragged him to
Chand Bagh bridge, where they beat him to death.”
Hussain’s lawyer, Javed Ali, denied the police allegations and said, “There is no direct evidence and allegations which show that my client was involved in the crime (murder). In the FIR, police have stated that my client was rescued on February 24 from his house. So, there is no question of being involved in the incident of February 25.”
In the charge sheet related to the rioting outside Shiv Vihar Rajdhani School, police charged 18 people, including school principal Faisal Farooque.