2020 Delhi riots: Tahir Hussain gets bail in money laundering case

A Delhi court granted bail to former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor Tahir Hussain in a money laundering case registered by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the 2020 northeast Delhi riots.

Hussain, however, will continue to remain behind bars as he is also an accused in the case regarding the alleged larger conspiracy behind the communal

violence.

Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai, in his March 29 order, noted that he had been in jail for more than four years while the maximum sentence for offence under Section 4 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) was seven years.

“The court concludes that as the applicant (Hussain) had undergone more than half of the period of imprisonment as provided for the offence allegedly committed by him, he is entitled for bail,” the order read.

Granting him relief, the court directed Hussain to furnish a personal bond of Rs 50,000 along with two sureties of the same amount.