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Former AAP councilor Tahir Hussain has been fielded by AIMIM from Mustafabad seat for Delhi Assembly elections.
On the bail plea of Delhi riots accused Tahir Hussain, the Supreme Court on Monday said that all the people in jail should be barred from contesting elections.
There was a case list before the bench of Justice Pankaj Mittal and Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah on Monday, but the hearing could not take place.
Senior advocate Siddharth Aggarwal, appearing for Tahir, requested for hearing on Tuesday. On this Justice Mittal said-
Now they contest elections sitting in jail. It is easy to win elections by sitting in jail. All of them should be stopped from contesting elections.
On this, Tahir’s lawyer said that Tahir’s nomination has been accepted. On this the court listed the case for Tuesday.
Former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councilor Tahir has been given ticket by Asaduddin Owaisi’s party AIMIM from Mustafabad seat for Delhi Assembly elections.
Tahir has been in judicial custody for more than 4 years and 9 months.
High Court had given custody parole for nomination Tahir is accused of murdering IB officer Ankit Sharma on 25 February 2020 during the Delhi riots. Tahir had sought interim bail from the High Court from January 14 to February 9 for election campaign. On January 13, the High Court had said that nomination can be filed even from jail.
On this, Tahir’s lawyer Tara Narula argued that Engineer Rashid was granted interim bail for election campaign. A case of terror funding is also going on against him.
Tahir has been made a candidate by a national party. They are ready to give details of all their assets. He also has to find a proposer for himself and the election process has started in Delhi.
The trial in the case has started and so far 20 out of 114 witnesses have been examined. In such a situation, the trial is not expected to be completed soon. Tahir has been in custody for more than 4 years and 9 months.
The High Court had approved Tahir’s custody parole on January 14. On January 16, Tahir came out of Tihar jail amid tight security and went back to jail after filing nomination. After this Tahir reached the Supreme Court for bail.
On 24 February 2020, 53 people were killed and more than 250 were injured in the riots in North-East Delhi.
Allegation of use of licensed pistol in riots In the Delhi riots case, the Crime Branch had filed two charge sheets in the Karkardooma court. The first case was related to Chand Bagh violence and the second case was related to Jafrabad riots. Police had described Tahir Hussain as the mastermind in the Chand Bagh violence case.
Apart from Tahir, 15 people including his brother Shah Alam were made accused. In the charge sheet, Delhi Police had said that at the time of the violence, Tahir Hussain was on the terrace of his house and it was because of him that the violence had erupted.
Tahir had used his licensed pistol in the riot. According to the police, Hussain had taken out his pistol stored at Khajuri Khas police station just a day before the riots. The police had seized the pistol during the investigation.
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