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The Economic Times
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Court sentences Tahir Hussain to 2 years in jail for abetting 2020 Delhi riots

New Delhi: A court here on Friday sentenced former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain to two years' rigorous imprisonment for abetting rioting during the 2020 northeast Delhi riots, saying he had used his position as an elected representative to facilitate violence instead of maintaining peace and harmony.

Hussain was convicted on October 10 under IPC Section 147 (rioting) read with Section 109 (abetment).

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