How Sanjay Singh defended riot accused Tahir Hussain in 2020

A day after the Karkardooma courtroom in Delhi framed homicide and conspiracy costs towards Tahir Hussain for the brutal killing of IB officer Ankit Sharma, BJP spokesperson Kapil Mishra posted a video speaking about how Sanjay Singh was in fixed contact with the accused.

On twenty third March 2023, the Karkardooma courtroom in Delhi framed homicide and conspiracy costs towards Aam Aadmi Party chief Tahir Hussain and ten others for the homicide of IB officer Ankit Sharma throughout the anti-Hindu Delhi riots on twenty fifth February 2020. Ankit Sharma’s useless physique was recovered from a drain in Delhi. Tahir Hussain and ten others are charged below sections 147, 148, 153A, 302, 365, 120B, 149 & 188 of the Indian Penal Code. Tahir Hussain was moreover charged below sections 104,109 & 505 of IPC. 

While framing the costs, the courtroom noticed, “Tahir was continuously acting in a manner of supervising & motivating this mob. All these things were done to target Hindus. Every member of the mob assembled there participated in achieving the objective of targeting Hindus.”

In a video posted on Twitter on Saturday (March 24), Mishra mentioned, “The court’s verdict has proved what we knew all along – Delhi riots was a ploy to remove Hindus from northeast Delhi…At that time, several top guns in the country came out in defence of Tahir Hussain.”

“AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh is at the epicentre of the controversy…He appeared before the media on multiple occasions and said that Tahir Hussain was constantly in touch with him over the phone,” he identified.

सबसे बड़ा सवाल ये है कि राज्यसभा सांसद संजय सिंह जैसे लोग ताहिर हुसैन को बचाने की कोशिश क्यों कर रहे थे ?

क्या संजय सिंह को IB ऑफिसर अंकित शर्मा की हत्या की जानकारी थी ?

क्या संजय सिंह इस साज़िश में शामिल हैं ?

क्या अंकित शर्मा की हत्या के समय ताहिर हुसैन संजय सिंह से फ़ोन… pic.twitter.com/aQB70JpmLI

— Kapil Mishra (@KapilMishra_IND) March 24, 2023

“This implies that when the IB officer was being killed, Tahir Hussain was talking to Sanjay Singh over the phone. Was Singh privy to the news of Ankit Sharma’s killing? Was that the reason why he defended the AAP Councillor in media?” Kapil Mishra inquired.

“These are serious questions – Was he party to the crime as well? I think the people are Delhi deserve to know the answers to these questions. Sanjay Singh must come forward and answer why was he shamelessly supporting a murderer?” the BJP spokesperson requested.

Sanjay Singh defended Tahir Hussain in 2020

In February 2020, Sanjay Singh appeared earlier than the media to defend Tahir Hussain and claimed that the accused AAP councillor was supposedly calling the police.

In a press release, Singh claimed, “Tahir Hussain has already given his statement in which he said that he gave all details to police and media about mob entering his house during the violence. He had asked the police for protection. The police came eight hours late and rescued him and his family from his house.”

He additional alleged, “The police helped him and (his) family to get out of his house. They were not there for 2 days. When they were not in the house, the question on stones and all should not arise at all.”

Sanjay Singh had blamed the police as a substitute of Tahir Hussain for supposedly not taking motion to cease the anti-Hindu riots. He claimed, “Police action did not happen in time, it is definitely a serious mistake, why it was late, who said it was the subject of investigation.”

Tahir Hussain was in contact with Sanjay Singh throughout Delhi riots

Former AAP councillor and Delhi anti-Hindu riot accused, Tahir Hussain, admitted that he was in fixed contact with Sanjay Singh by the cellphone. He made the confession throughout an interview with BBC Hindi.

“I spoke to Sanjay Singh during the riots. He told me to keep myself safe. He said he would try to send help as soon as possible. He called the DCP thrice…If Sanjay Bhai was not so active, the police would not have come here at all,” Tahir Hussain mentioned.

#Breaking– अपने ऊपर लगे आरोपों पर बोले ताहिर हुसैन- किसी भी जांच के लिए तैयार हूं. pic.twitter.com/e16tVkBPlb

— News18 India (@News18India) February 28, 2020

During an interview with News18, Hussain additionally conceded that he sought assist from Sanjay Singh throughout the riots. Earlier, paperwork accessed by OpIndia revealed that PFI’s Delhi chief was continually in contact with AAP’s Sanjay Singh and Congress’ Udit Raj.