Refuting the BJP's remarks linking Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to the February 2020 northeast Delhi riots, Bharadwaj said Hussain had political links with the BJP before the riots.

Tahir Hussain and four others receive life sentences for the murder of IB officer Ankit Sharma during 2020 riots.

Former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain received life imprisonment for murdering IB officer Ankit Sharma during the brutal Delhi riots in February 2020, as ruled by Karkardooma court.