Former AAP leader Tahir Hussain, an accused in the larger conspiracy case related to the 2020 Delhi riots, joined Asaduddin Owasi led All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) on Tuesday.
The Delhi court observed that Hussain and five others namely, Shoaib, Gulfam, Javed, Firoz and Anas were in agreement to engage in activities of vandalism and arson of properties belonging to the Hindu community.
The decision of the EDMC to terminate Tahir as a councillor after he allegedly remained absent from meetings of the Corporation for three consecutive times without any information.
The former political leader had moved the court seeking bail in three cases pertaining to the Delhi riots case.
He has been arrested in connection with ongoing PMLA investigation into his role in money laundering and funding of anti-CAA protests and organizing riots in North-East Delhi, ED said.
Another charge sheet has been filed against two 'Pinjra Tod' activists Natasha Narwal and Devangana Kalita in connection with the Jafrabad riot case.
Hussain is in the custody of Delhi Police at present.
The AAP councillor, accused of murder, rioting and arson, had arrived at the Rouse Avenue Court today to surrender, but his application was rejected by the judge.
Hussain was suspended from the primary membership of his party AAP on Thursday evening, after he was charged with murder and arson in connection with the death of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) employee Ankit Sharma, whose body was found in a drain near his home in Jafrabad, where riots took place over citizenship law protests.
Hussain will remain suspended until the charges against him are investigated and he is cleared.
