Delhi Court Seeks NIA’s Response On Engineer Rashid’s Plea To Attend...

Key Highlights

• In November last year, the court allowed Rashid to attend the Parliament’s Winter Session in custody on all dates.
• The court also granted Rashid custody parole between July 24 and August 4, 2025, to attend the Monsoon Session of Parliament.
• In 2024, it granted Rashid interim bail to campaign for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls.
• Independent MP Rashid has been lodged in Delhi’s Tihar jail since 2019, after he was arrested by the NIA under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in a 2017 terror-funding case.
• In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Rashid defeated National Conference’s Omar Abdullah by over 2 lakh to win the Baramullah seat.