India, May 6 -- The Delhi high court on Monday sought the response of the Delhi Police to a bail plea filed by former councillor Tahir Hussain in a 2020 murder case connected to the northeast Delhi riots.

Hussain is one of the accused in the murder case of Intelligence Bureau (IB) staffer Ankit Sharma during the riots. At the time of the incident, he was an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor.

A bench of justice Neena Bansal Krishna issued notice to the Delhi Police and fixed July 17 as the next date of hearing. The Delhi Police, represented by advocate Dhruv Pande, accepted notice on behalf of the police.

The former councillor approached the Delhi high court against a city court order dated March 12, rejecting his bail. In its 10-page or...