AAP councilor Tahir Hussain's role in Delhi violence, IB official's death under police scanner

Earlier on Wednesday, kins of young Intelligence Bureau (IB) official Ankit Sharma, whose body was reportedly found in a drain in Chand Bagh, alleged that the 26-year-old IB officer was kidnapped and murdered by Tahir Hussain and his followers while he was returning home from office.

Md. Tahir Hussain, an AAP councilor from Ward no. 59 (Nehru Vihar) of East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC), has also been blamed for inciting his community's people during the communal violence over Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protest and leading an attack from his house's rooftop.

The AAP councilor, however, denied all allegations against him and claimed his house as well as rooftop were 'hijacked' by rioters.

"I was forced out of my home and my rooftop was taken over by miscreants who pelted stones and petrol bombs," Tahir Hussain told IBNS.

"I wasn't involve in the violence and I had called the police after miscreants entered my house, but, police arrived after several hours," Hussain added. "All these allegations against me are false."

Meanwhile, multiple video clips, authenticity of which have not been examined by IBNS independently, have gone viral on social media platforms which show a man resembling to Tahir Hussain leading an attack from a house's rooftop during the Delhi violence.

Delhi Police, however, said that they are currently investigating the matter.

"Our first priorities are to control the situation as fast as possible, bring back normalcy, maintain peace and building confidence among people," a senior official of Delhi Police told IBNS.

"We have also accessed several footage, evidences and inputs, and currently we are probing the matter to identify all involved in the violence," the official said.