Court Awards Life Imprisonment to Tahir Hussain for 2020 Riots Murder

A Delhi court sentenced former AAP leader Tahir Hussain to life imprisonment on August 1, 2026, for the 2020 murder of Intelligence Bureau officer Ankit Sharma.

The court found Hussain guilty of orchestrating the violence, noting that Sharma's body was dragged like an animal during the riots in Northeast Delhi.

The victim's family expressed dissatisfaction with the verdict, stating that Hussain should have received the death penalty for his role in the brutal killing.