New Delhi: Suspended AAP councilor Tahir Hussain has been put in Enforcement Directorate's custody for six days by a Delhi court on Friday. According to a report by PTI, he has been put under ED custody for a money laundering case related to the communal violence in northeast Delhi in February.  The report also says that the ED had sought Hussain's custody for 14 days. They have also said that he had not cooperated with the investigation and had given evasive replies.

"In the interest of the effective and proper investigation, I deem it fit to allow the present application. Hence the application is allowed. However, six days of custody of the accused namely Tahir Hussain is given to the IO. The concerned jail superintendent shall get COVID-19 test of the accused person conducted and after the test report, shall hand over the custody of the accused to the IO or ED officials on behalf of the IO," the judge said in his order.

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Earlier this month, Hussain who is currently in jail had confessed to his role in inciting people during the riot that took place in February this year. A report by ANI says that in the Interrogation Report (IR) by the Delhi police Hussain admitted to his role and had also said that he had met former JNU student Umar Khalid at Shaheen Bagh on January 8. The police have also said that his task was to prepare for the riots such as collecting glass bottles, petrol, stones etc.