Delhi court reserves order on Engineer Rashid's plea to attend Parliament
A Delhi court has reserved its order until July 21 on Engineer Rashid's plea to attend the upcoming monsoon session of Parliament. Rashid, the Baramulla MP, seeks interim bail or custody parole to fulfill his parliamentary duties. He has been in Tihar jail since 2019, arrested by the NIA under UAPA in connection with a 2017 terror funding case.
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New Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday reserved its order on Lok Sabha MP Engineer Rashid 's plea to attend the monsoon session of Parliament starting July 21.Additional sessions judge Chander Jit Singh reserved the order for July 21 on the plea of the Baramulla MP seeking either interim bail or custody parole to carry out his duty as a parliamentarian.Custody parole entails a prisoner being escorted by armed police personnel to the plea.Rashid has been lodged in Tihar jail since 2019 after he was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in the 2017 terror funding case.The Baramulla MP, who defeated Omar Abdullah in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, is facing trial in a terror funding case with allegations that he funded separatists and terror groups in Jammu and Kashmir.According to the NIA's FIR, Rashid's name cropped up during the interrogation of businessman and co-accused Zahoor Watali.After being chargesheeted in October 2019, a special NIA court framed charges against Rashid and others in March 2022 under Sections 120B (criminal conspiracy), 121 (waging war against the government), and 124A (sedition) of the Indian Penal Code and for offences relating to terrorist acts and terror funding under UAPA
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