India, July 13 -- A Delhi court convicted former Aam Aadmi Party councillor Tahir Hussain and four others for the sensational killing of Intelligence Bureau officer Ankit Sharma during the 2020 northeast Delhi riots.

Additional Sessions Judge Praveen Singh was hearing the case against a total of 11 accused, including Hussain, and convicted five of them.

The court found Tahir Hussain guilty under the charges of promoting enmity, rioting, assault, criminal force and murder.

The case pertains to an FIR registered at Dayalpur police station on the complaint of Ravinder Kumar, father of Ankit Sharma.

According to him, Ankit Sharma, who was posted with the Intelligence Bureau, had returned home from office on February 25, 2020, before stepp...