Charges framed against ex-AAP Tahir Hussain, nine others by Delhi Police

Delhi court frames charges against AAP leader Tahir Hussain and others in a case related to stone pelting and rioting in the 2020 Delhi riots case.

Meanwhile, in this case, the other accused Umar Khalid, and Khalid Saifi were acquitted of the charges.

The Court observed that the allegations leveled against Khalid appear to be umbrella conspiracy rather than conspiracy for the incident probed in this case.

While framing charges against all the accused including Tahir Hussain, Kadakduma Court Judge Pulastya Pramachala has said that due to stone pelting on the police team by the mob on the road outside the house of the accused Tahir Hussain, the police officers had to save their lives. Had to step back and retreat to save lives.

Moreover, the court stated, “All accused, including former councilor Tahir Hussain, Riyasat Ali, Gulfam, Shah Alam, Rashid Saifi, Arshad Qayyum, Liyakat Ali, Mohd Shadab, and other unknown persons, were involved in targeting Hindus and their properties.

The Court observed in its observation that all the accused were involved in a conspiracy to target Hindus and their acts were aimed at breaking the harmony between the communities of Muslims and Hindus. The accused disturbed public peace through his actions.

“This mob comprising of accused persons and other unknown persons, continuously indulged in pelting of stones and petrol bombs towards other properties including wherein this parking lot was situated. This property was under the use of persons from the Hindu community. The members of this mob broke open the lock of parking in this property, entered into this property, assaulted the persons, vandalized, and set on fire the property and vehicles parked there. These acts of the mob make it clear that their objective was to harm Hindus in their body and property to a possible extent,” the order stated.

However, Congress leader Rashid Alvi accused BJP and said, “They are criminals. There is no need to turn the case in terms of Hindus and Muslims. Unfortunately, it is the BJP-led central government who is responsible for what happened in Delhi.”

“His name may be a Muslim name. This is not about Hindus or Muslims. If he is an accused he should be punished,” the Congress leader said.