IB Officer Ankit Sharma Murder Case: Decision in the murder case of IB Officer Ankit Sharma postponed, he was brutally murdered during the 2020 Delhi riots.

New Delhi. The Karkardooma court was to pronounce its verdict today in the murder case of Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer Ankit Sharma during the Delhi riots in 2020, but the court postponed it. The court has now fixed July 13 as the date to pronounce the verdict. Delhi Police has made a total of 11 people accused in this case, including former Aam Aadmi Party councilor Tahir Hussain. Apart from Tahir Hussain, other accused include Gulfam, Mohammad Riyan, Abid, Qasim, Shah Alam, Bilal, Faizan, Mohd. The names are Shadab, Salman and Arun. All the accused face serious charges of murder, inciting riots and criminal conspiracy.

Ankit Sharma, posted as Security Assistant in IB, went missing on 25 February 2020 during the Delhi riots. On February 26, his mutilated body was recovered from Khajuri Khas drain near Chandbagh culvert. The post mortem report confirmed that many deep wounds caused by sharp weapons were found on his body. This incident was in the news all over the country. IB officer Ankit’s father Ravinder Kumar, in his complaint to the police, had accused former AAP councilor Tahir Hussain and others of murdering his son. Based on his complaint, an FIR was registered in this matter at Dayalpur Police Station.

#WATCH | Delhi | IB official Ankit Sharma murder case Visuals of Tahir Hussain and other accused persons from Karkardooma Court. pic.twitter.com/RsntXlsYtU

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According to Delhi Police, the violent people gathered near Tahir Hussain’s house first brutally beat Ankit Sharma and then threw his body in the drain to destroy the evidence. Let us tell you that there were protests in Delhi for several days in 2020 against the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and during that time riots broke out. 53 innocent people lost their lives and more than 700 people were injured in those riots.