New Delhi: A Delhi court today (Nov 3) held former Youth Congress leader Sushil Sharma guilty of killing his wife Naina Sahni and burning her body in the tandoor (oven) of a restaurant in New Delhi on July 2, 1995.

Additional sessions judge G P Thareja also held his accomplice and restaurant manager Keshav Kumar guilty of conspiring with Sharma in his attempts to dispose of the body in the tandoor of the Baghiya Restaurant at the Indian Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC)-owned Ashok Yatri Niwas in the heart of the capital.

However, the court acquitted the other three accused Jai Prakash Pehlwaan, Rishi Raj Rathi and Ram Prakash Sachdeva of charges of harbouring Sharma for want of evidence.

The court will hear arguments on sentence on Wednesday (Nov 5).

Thareja also directed the chief metropolitan magistrate to prosecute senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer D K Rao, the then resident commissioner of Gujarat Bhawan for allegedly harbouring Sharma after the gruesome murder.

PTI