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Lok Sabha MP Engineer Rashid granted interim bail to campaign for J&K elections – Times of India
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Tuesday granted interim bail to Lok Sabha Member of Parliament Sheikh Abdul Rashid, also known as Engineer Rashidin a terror financing case so that he could campaign in the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir state government elections.
The NIA court has granted the interim bail till October 2, 2024. The state assembly elections in the Union Territory will begin in three phases from September 18.
Rashid won from Omar Abdullah in the 18th parliamentary elections earlier this year in Baramulla.
He has been in custody since 2019 after he was arrested by the NIA under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in connection with the 2017 terror financing case.
His name came up during the investigation into Kashmiri businessman Zahoor Watali, who was arrested by the NIA for allegedly financing terrorist groups and separatists in Kashmir.
The NIA has filed a chargesheet against several persons, including Kashmiri separatist movement leader Yasin MalikLashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Saeed and Hizbul Mujahideen leader Syed Salahuddin, in connection with the case.
In 2022, Malik was sentenced to life imprisonment by a court after pleading guilty to the charges.
The NIA court has granted the interim bail till October 2, 2024. The state assembly elections in the Union Territory will begin in three phases from September 18.
Rashid won from Omar Abdullah in the 18th parliamentary elections earlier this year in Baramulla.
He has been in custody since 2019 after he was arrested by the NIA under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in connection with the 2017 terror financing case.
His name came up during the investigation into Kashmiri businessman Zahoor Watali, who was arrested by the NIA for allegedly financing terrorist groups and separatists in Kashmir.
The NIA has filed a chargesheet against several persons, including Kashmiri separatist movement leader Yasin MalikLashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Saeed and Hizbul Mujahideen leader Syed Salahuddin, in connection with the case.
In 2022, Malik was sentenced to life imprisonment by a court after pleading guilty to the charges.
