The AAP leader is a businessman and has been elected from Ward 59 in Nehru Vihar from East Delhi. Till now, he had no criminal cases filed against him.
Family members of Sharma, whose body was recovered from the northeast Delhi's Chand Bagh area in Delhi on Wednesday, has alleged that a few people who were pelting stones from the building belonging to Hussain in Chand Bagh, had killed Sharma.
Ankit's father Ravinder Kumar has stated that his son was attacked while returning from his duty. "Ankit went at 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 told ANI.
"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.
On the other hand, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kapil Mishra has also alleged Hussain of killing Sharma. Besides, Mishra has also alleged that the AAP leader was in constant touch with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and that the call details will reveal Kejriwal and AAP MP Sanjay Singh's involvement in the Delhi violence.
Mishra took to Twitter and shared a video that showed rioters pelting stones and petrol bombs from the roof of a house that Mishra and local residents said belongs to the leader. He demanded Hussain’s arrest.
BJP MLA from Ghonda, Ajay Mahawar, too alleged that a mob had dragged. "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.
Meanwhile, in the wake the allegations on him, Tahir Hussain has released a video in which he said that he has no involvement in the incident. In the video, Hussain explained that a mob broke into his house and climbed to the roof to carry out attacks. "The news about me is false. Since Kapil Mishra's hate speech, the situation in Delhi has deteriorated, with stone-throwing and violence taking place. The same happened here (at his residence) the day before yesterday," Hussain said in a video posted on Twitter.
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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.
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(with inputs from agencies)