New Delhi, Thursday 6 ( ) A Delhi court on Thursday directed the NIA to respond by tomorrow to an application filed by engineer Rashid, arrested in the 2016 Jammu and Kashmir terror funding case, who was recently sworn in as an MP. A demand has been made for interim bail. General elections completed.
Former Jammu and Kashmir MLA Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, defeated former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
He moved the court seeking interim bail or custodial parole as an alternative to take oath and perform his parliamentary duties.
The application was filed before Additional Sessions Judge Chander Jeet Singh on June 4 and the NIA was directed to file its reply by today.
However, the agency on Thursday sought more time to file its reply.
Rashid has been in jail since 2019 after he was charged by the NIA under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in an alleged terror funding case. He is currently lodged in Tihar Jail.
The former MLA's name had cropped up during the investigation of Kashmiri businessman Zahoor Watali, who was arrested by the NIA for allegedly funding terrorist groups and separatists in the valley.
The NIA had filed a charge sheet in this case against several people including Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik, Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Saeed and Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin.
Malik was sentenced to life imprisonment by a trial court in 2022 after he was convicted of the charges.
Former Jammu and Kashmir MLA Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, defeated former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
He moved the court seeking interim bail or custodial parole as an alternative to take oath and perform his parliamentary duties.
The application was filed before Additional Sessions Judge Chander Jeet Singh on June 4 and the NIA was directed to file its reply by today.
However, the agency on Thursday sought more time to file its reply.
Rashid has been in jail since 2019 after he was charged by the NIA under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in an alleged terror funding case. He is currently lodged in Tihar Jail.
The former MLA's name had cropped up during the investigation of Kashmiri businessman Zahoor Watali, who was arrested by the NIA for allegedly funding terrorist groups and separatists in the valley.
The NIA had filed a charge sheet in this case against several people including Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik, Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Saeed and Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin.
Malik was sentenced to life imprisonment by a trial court in 2022 after he was convicted of the charges.