Terror funding case: Delhi court to decide on March 21 bail plea of MP Engineer Rashid

J&K MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid is also known as Engineer Rashid. File
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A Delhi court would on March 21 pass its order on the bail plea of jailed Jammu and Kashmir MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popular as Engineer Rashid, in a terror funding case.

Additional sessions judge Chander Jit Singh, who was scheduled to pass order on Wednesday (March 19, 2025), deferred the pronouncement.

The judge on September 10, 2024, granted interim bail to Engineer Rashid to enable him to campaign for the Assembly elections in J&K .

The judge also previously extended Mr. Rashid’s interim bail till October 28, 2024, on the ground of his father’s health, after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) said it had verified the documents and on sole ground of health of accused’s father it was not opposing the application.

Mr. Rashid has been lodged in Tihar jail since 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, 2024 to October 1, 2024.

The results were declared on October 8, 2024, in which the National Conference-Congress alliance attained a clear majority with 48 seats.