J&K assembly elections 2024 : Delhi court grants bail to LS MP Engineer Rashid to campaign for polls
Rashid's name cropped up in the case during the investigation of Kashmiri businessman Zahoor Watali, who was arrested by the NIA for allegedly funding terrorist groups and separatists in the Kashmir valley.
Lok Sabha MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid, aka Engineer Rashid, secured an intervening time bail by a Delhi court in connection with a terror funding case. The bail became granted on the manner to permit him to campaign for Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls.
Rashid became granted bail till October 2, 2024.
Additional Sessions Judge Chander Jit Singh granted the comfort to Rashid, who had moved the court in search of intervening time bail to campaign within the upcoming Jammu & Kashmir assembly elections.
On July 5, the court had granted Rashid custody parole to take the oath as a member of the Lok Sabha.
Rashid has been in penal complex since 2019 after he became arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) less than the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act within the 2017 terror funding case.
He's lodged in Tihar penal complex.
The court has reserved for tomorrow its order on his regular bail application.
Rashid’s name cropped up within the case during the investigation of Kashmiri businessman Zahoor Watali, who became arrested by the NIA for allegedly funding terrorist groups and separatists within the Kashmir valley.
The NIA had filed a charge sheet against a couple of people, including Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik, Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Saeed and Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin, within the case.
Malik became sentenced to life imprisonment by a trial court in 2022 after he pleaded guilty to the charges.
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