Delhi Court Reserves Order on MP Engineer Rashid’s Bail Plea
Srinagar, Aug 28: A Delhi court has reserved its order on the bail plea of Lok Sabha MP Engineer Rashid, who is currently in jail in a terror funding case. The court is expected to pronounce its order on September 4.
Rashid, who was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in 2019, has been in jail for his alleged involvement in a 2017 terror funding case. He was granted custody parole on July 5 to take the oath of office after winning the Lok Sabha elections from Baramulla constituency in Jammu and Kashmir.
The NIA had filed a charge sheet against several people, including Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik, Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Saeed, and Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin, in the case. Malik was sentenced to life imprisonment by a trial court in 2022 after pleading guilty to the charges.
Rashid’s bail plea was heard by Additional Sessions Judge Chander Jit Singh during an in-camera hearing on Wednesday. The judge had earlier issued a notice to the NIA and directed it to file its response by August 28.(KNS).
