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Delhi Police seals house of AAP councillor Tahir Hussain

YB WEB DESK. Dated: 2/28/2020 11:15:08 AM

New Delhi, Feb 27 Delhi Police has sealed the house of AAP councillor Tahir Hussain. The police have started the investigation into allegations that he was involved in instigating violence in northeast Delhi. Earlier in the day, Tahir Hussain denied any involvement in the riots or the killing of an Intelligence Bureau staffer whose family accused him of being behind the murder, saying these are "baseless accusations". He called for an impartial probe into the incident and said action should be taken against the guilty. "It is wrong to target me. I and my family have nothing to do with it," Hussain said. Ankit Sharma (26), who worked for the Intelligence Bureau (IB), had gone missing on Tuesday and his body was found in a drain near his home in northeast Delhi's riot-hit Chand Bagh area on Wednesday. His family members claimed that the local councillor and his associates were behind the killing. Hussain has rejected the allegations. "I came to know from news reports that I am being blamed for the murder of a man. These are lies and baseless accusations. For our safety, my family and I had moved away from our home on Monday in police presence," he said. Senior AAP leader Sanjay Singh said the party's stand remains clear that strictest punishment must be taken against anyone associated.