Indian media has made Tahir Hussain the face of Delhi riots. What’s the evidence?

'A municipal corporator has become the face of the Delhi riots. More than 36 hours have passed since the name of the Aam Aadmi Party’s Nehru Vihar councillor, Tahir Hussain, surfaced in news headlines for allegedly orchestrating the violence in the Khajuri Khas-Chand Bagh area. The communal violence in Delhi has left at least 42 people dead and over 200 injured. The dead include Ankit Sharma, a resident of Khajuri Khas who worked for the Intelligence Bureau. Ankit went missing on February 24. His body was retrieved the next day from a drain not far from Tahir’s house. On Thursday evening, an FIR was registered against Tahir at the Dayalpur police station. He was booked for arson and murder. The AAP immediately suspended him...'

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