Tahir, IB officer murder suspect, arrested by cops

New Delhi, March 5

Absconding AAP councillor Tahir Hussain was arrested by Delhi Police on Thursday after a court dismissed his plea seeking to surrender before it in connection with alleged killing of Intelligence Bureau (IB) official Ankit Sharma during the recent violence in northeast Delhi.

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vishal Pahuja refused to entertain Hussain’s plea saying the relief sought by him was outside the court’s jurisdiction. A police team present there arrested him and took him into custody.

Hussain had moved the surrender application before the court saying he was willing to join the investigation and wanted to surrender in the case. Hussain has been booked in the murder case of the IB staffer in northeast Delhi amid violence over the new citizenship law last week. The AAP had then suspended him for alleged involvement in the riots. — PTI