A Delhi Court yesterday denied bail to former Aam Aadmi Party Councillor Tahir Hussain in relation to the 2020 North-East Delhi riots larger conspiracy case. The judge said that though the Supreme Court has recently granted bail to five co-accused namely Mohd. Notably, the Court also denied bail to co accused persons Athar Khan and Saleem Malik. The accused in the case are Tahir Hussain, Umar Khalid, Khalid Saifi, Isharat Jahan, Meeran Haider, Gulfisha Fatima, Shifa-Ur-Rehman, Asif Iqbal Tanha(granted bail in 2021), Shadab Ahmed, Tasleem Ahmed, Saleem Malik, Mohd. Saleem Khan, Athar Khan, Safoora Zargar(granted bail on humanitarian grounds as she was pregnant when arrested), Sharjeel Imam, Faizan Khan, Devangana Kalita (granted bail) and Natasha Narwal(granted bail).