India, Oct. 10 -- A Delhi court, on Saturday, convicted former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor Tahir Hussain for abetment of rioting in a case related to arson in the Dayalpur area of northeast Delhi during the 2020 riots.

The court acquitted 12 other co-accused of all other charges. The order was passed by Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai of the Karkardooma Courts.

The FIR was registered under Sections 147, 148 and 149 (rioting), 427 (mischief causing damage to property), 436 (mischief by fire) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), according to LiveLaw.

This is the second conviction of Tahir Hussain. He was previously convicted in the murder case of Intelligence Bureau staffer Ankit Sharma, who was kil...