Absconding AAP Councillor Tahir Hussain arrested in connection with Delhi riots case

Aam Aadmi Party Councillor Tahir Hussain has been arrested by the Delhi Police, in connection to a murder case during the Delhi riots.

Hussain had been booked in the murder case of intelligence bureau staffer Ankit Sharma in northeast Delhi during the recent violence over the new citizenship law. He was absconding.

The Councillor had earlier filed a plea to surrender before the Magistrate.

"He is on his way to Rouse Avenue Court (Delhi) to surrender. If he reaches Court without being arrested in between then he will surrender here before the court," said Hussain's lawyer, Mukesh Kalia.

On Tuesday, he had moved a Delhi court for an anticipatory bail plea.

AAP had suspended him for his alleged involvement in the violence which has left at least 42 people dead and around 200 injured.