{"id":131519,"date":"2024-09-10T11:27:07","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T11:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/10\/engineer-rashid-lok-sabha-mp-from-baramulla-gets-interim-bail-in-terror-funding-case\/"},"modified":"2024-09-10T11:27:07","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T11:27:07","slug":"engineer-rashid-lok-sabha-mp-from-baramulla-gets-interim-bail-in-terror-funding-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/10\/engineer-rashid-lok-sabha-mp-from-baramulla-gets-interim-bail-in-terror-funding-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Engineer Rashid, Lok Sabha MP from Baramulla, gets interim bail in terror funding case"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/img.etimg.com\/photo\/msid-113227854,imgsize-15892.cms?resize=1280,720&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Engineer Rashid, Lok Sabha MP from Baramulla, gets interim bail in terror funding case\" title=\"Engineer Rashid, Lok Sabha MP from Baramulla, gets interim bail in terror funding case\" \/><\/div>\n<div data-brcount=\"17\">A Delhi court on Tuesday granted interim bail to <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/lok-sabha\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lok Sabha<\/a> MP Sheikh <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/abdul-rashid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abdul Rashid<\/a>, popularly known as Engineer <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/rashid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rashid<\/a>, in terror funding case.<\/p>\n<p><style><![CDATA[\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand p, #stock_pro.onDemand p{font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.28;}\n    \t    .onDemand .live_stock{left:17px;padding:1px 3px 1px 5px;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;line-height:18px;top:9px}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc{margin:0 auto 0;}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc{color: #024d99;margin-top:10px;}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .crypto .live_stock .lb-icon{8px 6px 5px 3px !important}\n    \t    #sr_widget.crypto.onDemand a.text{border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;padding-bottom:5px;display:block;width:100%}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc .text p, #stock_pro.onDemand .sr_desc .text p{font-size:12px;font-weight:400;}\n    \t]]><\/style>\n<p><!--\/article_liveblog.cms?msid=105115637&pos=toppotime:1-->He has been given relief till October 2. <\/p>\n<p>In 2019, Rashid was arrested and has since been in Tihar jail. He was detained by the <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/national-investigation-agency\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Investigation Agency<\/a> (<a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/nia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NIA<\/a>) under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, with his arrest tied to the 2017 terror funding case.<\/p>\n<p>The Lok Sabha MP&#8217;s bail comes at a time when the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir will be heading into assembly polls for the first time in ten years. The northern state of India is scheduled to vote from 18 September to 1 October 2024 in 3 phases to elect 90 members.<\/p>\n<p>Rashid&#8217;s involvement came to light during the NIA&#8217;s investigation of <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/kashmiri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kashmiri<\/a> businessman <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/zahoor-watali\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zahoor Watali<\/a>. Watali was taken into custody by the NIA for allegedly funding terrorist groups and separatists in the Kashmir Valley.<\/p>\n<p><!--\/include_growfast.cms?pagename=article&skipcss=1potime:1--><br \/>He had sought a regular bail and Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Chander Jit Singh had heard arguments on the application during an in-camera hearing (not open to public) and reserved his order.While Rashid leads the <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/awami-ittehad-party\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Awami Ittehad Party<\/a>, he had contested Lok Sabha elections as an Independent and defeated Omar Abdullah, the former CM of Jammu and Kashmir.He became the first mainstream leader to be held under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, after he was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in 2019 on charges of terror-funding activities.<\/p>\n<p>The former MLA had won the Langate assembly segment in 2008 and 2014 and also unsuccessfully contested the 2019 parliamentary elections.<\/p>\n<style><![CDATA[\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand p, #stock_pro.onDemand p{font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.28;}\n    \t    .onDemand .live_stock{left:17px;padding:1px 3px 1px 5px;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;line-height:18px;top:9px}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc{margin:0 auto 0;}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc{color: #024d99;margin-top:10px;}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .crypto .live_stock .lb-icon{8px 6px 5px 3px !important}\n    \t    #sr_widget.crypto.onDemand a.text{border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;padding-bottom:5px;display:block;width:100%}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc .text p, #stock_pro.onDemand .sr_desc .text p{font-size:12px;font-weight:400;}\n    \t]]><\/style>\n<p><!--\/article_liveblog.cms?msid=105115637&pos=botpotime:1--><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/india\/engineer-rashid-lok-sabha-mp-from-baramulla-gets-interim-bail-in-terror-funding-case\/articleshow\/113227854.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Delhi court on Tuesday granted interim bail to Lok Sabha MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, in terror funding case. He has been given relief till October 2. In 2019, Rashid was arrested and has since been in Tihar jail. 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