Engineer Rashid Back In Tihar Jail As Delhi Court Defers Order On Regular Bail
Engineer Rashid was granted interim bail on September 10, which was later extended till October 28 on the grounds of his father's health.
President of Awami Ittehad Party and Baramulla MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid famously known as Engineer Rashid on Monday surrendered to Tihar Jail after his interim bail in a terror-funding case expired and the Delhi Court deferred the pronouncement of order on regular bail till November 19.
Engineer Rashid was granted interim bail on September 10, which was later extended till October 28 on the grounds of his father's health.
A Delhi court on October 15, extended the interim bail granted to Jammu and Kashmir MP till October 28. The court had deferred the order on Rashid's regular bail plea in the case till October 28 in a terror-funding case. Today, the court again deferred the order till November 19 in a 2017 Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) terror funding case by NIA against Rashid.
Additional Sessions Judge Chander Jit Singh passed the order on the ground of the health condition of Rashid's father, after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) said it had verified the documents and was not opposing the application.
The counsel for Rashid told the court that this was the last time that his client was seeking an extension. No violation of any of the conditions by his client was alleged by the NIA, the lawyer said.
On September 10, Additional Sessions Judge Chander Jit Singh had granted interim bail to Engineer Rashid to enable him to campaign for the Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir.
Rashid had been lodged in Tihar jail since 2019 after he was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in a 2017 terror funding case.
Assembly Elections to the 90 member Jammu-Kashmir Assembly were held in three phases from September 18 to October 1. The results were declared on October 8 in which the National Conference-Congress alliance attained a clear majority with 48 seats.
In the Assembly elections, his brother Khurshid Ahmad Sheikh of the Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) won the Langate constituency by a slim margin of 1,602 votes.
According to the charges framed against the Baramulla MP, under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and the Indian Penal Code, he stands accused of working with separatists and Pakistani operatives to incite disaffection in Kashmir towards India. He is accused of threatening the Jammu and Kashmir police asking them to disobey the orders of their senior officers as those orders amounted to inflicting atrocities on Kashmiris.
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