New Delhi: Charged with riots and murder of IB official, Absconding Aam Aadmi Party councillor Tahir Hussain was arrested from Rouse Avenue Court here on Thursday.
Though Tahir Hussain tried to surrender before a magistrate, his application was rejected and the Delhi Police Crime Branch team arrested himn.
Hussain had moved an application to surrender before Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vishal Pahuja.
The suspended Aam Aadmi Party councillor was absconding in a murder case of an IB official during the Delhi riots, has been booked in another attempt to murder case during the violence.
A highly placed police source said on Wednesday that the new case has been lodged in the Khazuri Khas police station.
The complainant, who received a bullet injury during the Delhi violence, has said in the FIR that Hussain was among the rioters who opened fire at him.
Notably, Hussain before making an attempt to surrender, gave an interview to a leading English news channel.