India, July 14 -- Hours after a Delhi court convicted former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor Tahir Hussain for the murder of Intelligence Bureau (IB) staffer Ankit Sharma during the 2020 northeast Delhi riots, Ankit's father told HT that he was "happy the judge understood a father's pain of living without a son".

Additional sessions judge Praveen Singh of Karkardooma courts held Hussain guilty of murder, promoting enmity between different religions, and rioting with deadly weapon. Four others - Nazim, Kasim, Javed and Anas - were also convicted of the two charges apart from murder, and six others were acquitted of all charges in the case.

Speaking to HT, 53-year-old Ravinder Kumar said the verdict brought some solace after more than fi...