Delhi riots case: ED questions suspended AAP leader Tahir Hussain

NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) continued with its questioning of suspended Aam Aadmi Party leader Tahir Hussain for the second day on Tuesday in the money laundering case related to the northeast Delhi riots this year. The agency had arrested Hussain under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) and got six days custodial remand from a Delhi court on Monday.

The questioning is taking place at the ED headquarters in south Delhi's upscale Khan market area. Hussain is being questioned about the funding for the Delhi riots and the hawala operators with whom he was in touch.

The official added that he is also being questioned about his relations with Tablighi Jamaat chief Maulana Saad. The ED official said that Hussain has been arrested by the agency for his role in money laundering and funding of the anti-CAA protests and organising riots in northeast Delhi in February this year. (IANS)

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