New Delhi, July 14 -- Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday launched a scathing attack against the Aam Aadmi Party after a Delhi court convicted former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain and four others in the 2020 North-East Delhi riots-linked murder case of Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer Ankit Sharma.

Rekha Gupta accused former Delhi CM and AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal and other senior AAP leaders of hatching a "political conspiracy" in 2020, stating that the riots caused immense suffering to the people of Delhi.

As the BJP sharpened its attack against AAP, Rekha Gupta told reporters, "Tahir Hussain, who was convicted by the court for the Delhi riots--the man who incited the violence, stockpiled weapons, and was held responsible for...