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TMI BlogDelhi court asks NIA response after Engineer Rashid seeks to attend ParliamentX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Delhi court asks NIA response after Engineer Rashid seeks to attend Parliament X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ile its reply by March 5 on Rashid's plea. The application, filed by advocate Vikhyat Oberoi for Rashid on February 27, sought the relief on the grounds that Rashid was a parliamentarian and needed to attend the upcoming session to fulfil his public duty. Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, defeated Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls in Baramulla. R ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ashid's regular bail application is currently pending before the court. The second part of Parliament's Budget session would begin on March 10 and end on April 4. The judge on September 10 granted interim bail to Rashid to enable him to campaign for the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir. Rashid surrendered himself before Tihar Jail on October 27. Rashid has been lodged in Tihar jail si ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... nce 2019 after he was arrested by the NIA under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in a 2017 terror funding case. Elections to the 90-member J-K 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. The Delhi High Court on February 24 directed th ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e sessions judge to expeditiously decide the bail plea of Rashid in the case. The high court passed the directions in view of a December 24, 2024 order, by which the sessions court requested the district judge to transfer the case to a court designated to try lawmakers. Rashid's name cropped up during the investigation of Kashmiri businessman Zahoor Watali, who was arrested by the NIA for alle ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... gedly funding terrorist groups and separatists in the Kashmir Valley.
The NIA filed a chargesheet against several persons, including Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik, Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Saeed and Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin, in the case.
Malik was sentenced to life imprisonment by a trial court in 2022 after he pleaded guilty to the charges. PTI UK AMK X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ress release - PIB ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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