Son appeals for Er Rashid's release after Baramulla win

THE son of Sheikh Abdur Rashid alias Er Rashid, the two-time former J&K legislator who won the Lok Sabha election on J&K's Baramulla seat from Tihar jail, has appealed the central government to respect the public mandate and release his father who is under detention on terror charges for nearly five years.

-  FAYAZ WANI

"I appeal government to respect the public mandate and release my father Er Rashid, who is in Delhi's Tihar jail since August 2019," said jailed MP's son Abrar Rashid, who led poll campaign of his father in his absence in Baramulla LS seat and galvanized public support and sympathy in favour of his incarcerated fa