NEW DELHI: The Direction of execution (ED) filed a charge sheet on Saturday in a Delhi court against the former councilor of the AAP Tahir hussain in a money laundering case related to communal violence in northeast Delhi in February. The Judge of Additional Sessions Amitabh Rawat learned of the crimes contemplated in article 3 (money laundering) read with article 70 (crimes committed by companies) punishable in article 4 of the Prevention of Money laundering 2002 Act against Hussain and co-defendant Amit Gupta.
The ED was investigating the allegation that Hussain and his associates laundered funds of Rs 1.10 million by using alleged shell or shell companies to fuel protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act and riots.
The court has summoned Hussain and Gupta on October 19.
Community violence erupted in northeast Delhi on February 24 after clashes between supporters of the citizenship law and protesters spiraled out of control, leaving at least 53 people dead and around 200 injured.
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