IB officer murder: Family alleges AAP leader's involvement; Tahir denies

Deceased IB officer Ankit Sharma's father has alleged that stones pelted by people from AAP councillor Tahir Hussain's building had killed his son. Hussain has, however, denied the allegation terming it as an attempt to drag him into dirty politics.

New Delhi:Family members of Intelligence Bureau Officer Ankit Sharma, whose body was recovered from the northeast Delhi's Chand Bagh area here on Wednesday, has alleged that a few people who were pelting stones from the building belonging to AAP leader and Municipal Councillor Tahir Hussain in Chand Bagh, had killed Sharma.

Ankit's father Ravinder Kumar has stated that Ankit was attacked while he was returning from his duty.

"Ankit went to the site (Chand Bagh) where stone-pelting was taking place. Around 15-20 people came from Tahir's building and dragged 5-6 people inside the building. They also fired at other people who tried to save those taken inside the building," Kumar said.

"Tahir is an anti-national person. People were pelting stones from that building. Ankit was attacked with knife. One more body was recovered from there. Ankit's body has been sent to GTB Hospital for post-mortem," he added.

Ravinder Kumar said that an FIR was filed after his son went missing.

BJP MLA from Ghonda, Ajay Mahawar, too alleged that a mob had dragged the deceased inside the building.

"People were pelting stones from a building. A mob dragged him inside as Ankit went near the building. Ankit was then brutally thrashed and his neck was slit with a knife. Later, his body was thrown inside a drain. I want to convey a message to the people responsible behind this incident that the law won't spare them," he added.

However, Tahir Hussain, denying all the allegations, said that it is merely a part of dirty politics.

"It is just dirty politics that I am being dragged into. Ever since Kapil Mishra delivered a hate speech, the situation in Delhi has worsened," he said.

Hussain further said that a mob had forecefully entered his office building and climbed onto the terrace from where they began pelting stones.

He said: "I had to sought help from the police who rescued me and my family from my own building."

At least 20 persons, including a police head constable, have died while around 200 people have sustained serious injuries in the communal violence that raged for three days in the northeast Delhi. Properties worth crores of rupees have been damaged in the arson.

Inputs from ANI

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