New Delhi, July 27 -- The prosecution on Monday sought capital punishment for Tahir Hussain and four others, convicted in the IB officer Ankit Sharma's murder case. It said that the crime was abhorrent and is among the rarest of the rare cases.

Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Praveen Singh reserved the order on sentence till July 31 after hearing submissions of Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) for Delhi Police as also the counsel for accused persons.

The court had convicted former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain and four others on July 13 in the Ankit Sharma murder case.

Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) Madhukar Pandey sought capital punishment and contended that the convicts had behaved "savagely" and deserved a death sentence.

It was sub...