India, July 14 -- More than six years after Intelligence Bureau staffer Ankit Sharma was killed during the 2020 North East Delhi riots, a Delhi court has convicted former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain and four others for his murder.

The court found that a local politician allegedly supplied firearms to a mob, showing that the violence was planned, not random. The trial court will announce the quantum of sentence on July 16. Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat at Karkardooma Courts found Tahir Hussain guilty of planning a conspiracy to target and kill members of one community.

The court said Hussain, then the AAP councillor from Mustafabad, gave pistols and ammunition to his co-accused: Mohd Abid Khan (Fauzi), Parvez Ahmed (Babloo), M...