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Tahir Hussain allegedly conspired to commit money laundering, and the proceeds of the crime were used to fund the northeast Delhi riots against Hindus.
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to allow an SLP moved by Former AAP Councilor Tahir Hussain seeking relief in a money laundering case.
A division bench of Justices V Ramasubramanian and Pankaj Mithal observed that since the case was only at the stage of framing of the charges, the court saw no reason to interfere with the impugned order.
In November last year, Delhi High Court had dismissed Hussain's plea seeking quashing and setting aside of charges framed against him by the trial court under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, in connection with the North East Delhi Riots 2020.
On November 15, 2022, the court had directed both the counsel to give their written submissions not exceeding three pages, within two days and had reserved order.
Also, Karkardooma Court in December, Delhi had held that Hussain and ten others accused in the 2020 north-east Delhi Riots case had an "objective to harm Hindus in their body and property". The Judge noted that several people gathered at Tahir Hussain's house, some of them were armed with firearms, petrol bombs were also arranged, and stones were kept in his house in sacks and other containers. All of these tactics were used to specifically target Hindus, he had stated.
On November 3, 2022, Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat of the Karkardooma Court had framed charges against the former AAP Councilor under Sections 3 and 4 of the PMLA in the other case. The court had also denied him statutory bail under Section 167(2) CrPC.
Case Title: Mohd. Tahir Hussain vs. Assistant Director, ED
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