Meanwhile, the Delhi High Court in Wednesday grainted bail to former AAP Councillor Tahir Hussain in five cases related to the northeast Delhi riots of 2020.

Northeast Delhi witnessed one of its worst communal clashes on February 24, 2020. At that time, the nation witnessed a stark polarisation with one side supporting the controversial citizenship law and another side protesting it. The violent clases left at least 53 people dead and around 700 people injured.

"Bail granted subject to conditions in all 5 FIRs," Justice Anish Dayal said on Wednesday while pronouncing the verdict on the bail applications by Hussain in the cases. The former councillor pertain to alleged rioting during the violence in February 2020.