New Delhi, Oct. 16 -- Observing that "the hand that guides is as guilty, if not more, as the hand that acts," a Delhi court has sentenced former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain to two years of rigorous imprisonment in a case relating to the February 2020 Northeast Delhi riots, holding that his position as an elected public representative and the use of his house to facilitate the violence were significant aggravating circumstances.

Additional Sessions Judge Parveen Singh of Karkardooma Courts also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on Hussain after observing that the aggravating circumstances substantially outweighed the mitigating circumstances put forward by the defence.

The court, in its October 16 sentencing order, said Hussain was expected t...