Crime & Law · India
Ex-AAP Councillor Tahir Hussain Gets Life Sentence for IB Officer's Murder
A Delhi court has sentenced former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor Tahir Hussain and four others to life imprisonment for the murder of Intelligence Bureau (IB) staffer Ankit Sharma during the 2020 Delhi riots. The court ruled out the death penalty, citing the case not being severe enough for it and the potential for reform. The prosecution had sought the death penalty for the convicts. The victim's family expressed dissatisfaction with the sentence, stating they would have preferred a death sentence.
How outlets across the spectrum covered it
Left 4 · Centre 11 · Right 6 n = 21
- Left (4): Satya Hindi, Scroll.in, The Hindu, The Telegraph (India)
- Centre (11 votes, 15 outlets): Amar Ujala, Greater Kashmir, Hindustan (Hindi) · Hindustan Times · Mint (HT Media — 1 vote), Jansatta · The Indian Express (Indian Express Group — 1 vote), LiveLaw, Mathrubhumi English, Navbharat Times · The Times of India (Times Group — 1 vote), Telangana Today, The Lallantop, The New Indian Express, The Quint
- Right (6 votes, 7 outlets): Aaj Tak · India Today (India Today Group — 1 vote), Dainik Jagran, News18 Hindi, Republic World, Swarajya, The Pioneer