Delhi HC allows terror accused MP Engineer Rashid to attend Parliament proceedings

The Delhi high court has allowed J&K's Baramulla Lok Sabha MP Engineer Rashid, arrested in a 2017 terror-funding case, to attend the ongoing Parliament session in-custody. Rashid, who won as an Independent candidate, will return to jail after daily Parliament proceedings until April 4. Rashid has been in Tihar Jail since 2019 under charges involving Pakistan-based militants.

Engineer Rashidd NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Wednesday allowed J&K's Baramulla Lok Sabha MP Engineer Rashid , who is arrested in a terror funding case, to attend the ongoing Parliament session. The court directed that Rahid will attend Parliament "in-custody", and he will not be entitled to use a cellphone or landline or interact with media. Rashid will return to jail on the conclusion of Parliament proceedings each day between March 26 to April 4, the high court said.

Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, emerged victorious as an Independent candidate in the Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency, defeating Omar Abdullah, who is currently the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir. Rahid has been lodged in Tihar Jail since 2019 after the NIA arrested him under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in the 2017 terror-funding case. Both the cases filed by the NIA and the ED also involve Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba chief and 26/11 Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed, Hizbul Mujahideen leader Syed Salahuddin and others.

The ED filed a money laundering case against the accused persons on the basis of the NIA's FIR, which accused them of "conspiring to wage war against the government" and fomenting trouble in the Kashmir Valley..