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Delhi Court Hands Life Sentences in Ankit Sharma Murder Case

August 1, 2026 | by Aaditya Raj

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A Delhi court sentences former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain and four others to life for the murder of Intelligence Bureau staffer Ankit Sharma, who was lynched during 2020 riots. The court declined the prosecution’s death penalty request, citing the convicts’ educational backgrounds as a mitigating factor.

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