Tahir Hussain moves Delhi HC to quash FIR in 2020 riots case
India TodayFormer AAP councillor Tahir Hussain on Monday approached the Delhi High Court seeking to quash an FIR registered against him for the offence of rioting during the communal violence that erupted here in February 2020. The plea stated that the present FIR was registered on February 28, 2020, and alleged burning of shops, while the other FIR over allegations of murder of Intelligence Bureau staffer Ankit Sharma had already been registered on Februray 26, 2020, in relation to events that happened in close proximity of the Chand Bagh Pulia area. Hussain, Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, and several others have also been booked under the anti-terror law Unlawful Activities Act for allegedly being the “masterminds” of the February 2020 riots. ALSO READ | Delhi riots case: Court allows framing of charges against ex-AAP councillor Tahir Hussain, others