Delhi police on Tuesday opposed a plea of former AAP politician Tahir Hussain, accused in a murder case related to February 2020 riots, seeking his release to contest assembly polls on an AIMIM ticket.

DCP, South Delhi, Ankit Chauhan said the suspect had sent the last 23 threat emails to different schools in Delhi.

The police told court that the protest at Shaheen Bagh that began in December 2019 and ended in March 2020, was not organic, but an artificial one, planned and executed by Sharjeel Imam and Asif Mujtaba.