Ex-AAP leader Tahir Hussain gets life imprisonment in 2020 Delhi riots case

2 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Jul 31, 2026 04:32 PM IST Former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain (L) has been sentenced to life improvement for murdering IB staffer Ankit Sharma during the 2020 Delhi riots.(Express File Photo)Delhi Court sentences former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain to life imprisonment for murdering IB staffer Ankit Sharma during the 2020 Delhi riots. The Delhi Police had sought death penalty for Tahir Hussain.On February 25, 2020, Ankit went missing after he left his house in Chand Bagh to fetch household supplies. Police claimed he was dragged away by a violent mob and brutally murdered, and his body dumped in a drain. He was stabbed 51 times, according to the police. His body was retrieved from the drain the next morning. He was among the 53 who lost their lives in the commun