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MP Rashid seeks interim bail to attend Parliament session
The Statesman
|November 26, 2024
Abdul Rashid Sheikh also addressed the court through video conferencing and submitted that he needs interim bail to attend the parliament session
Lok Sabha MP Abdul Rashid Sheikh, also known as Engineer Rashid, moved an application in Patiala House Court, New Delhi seeking interim bail to attend the ongoing parliament session. He is an MP from Baramulla, Kashmir and President of the Awami Ittehad Party (AIP). He is in judicial custody in an NIA case.
Principal District and Sessions Judge of Patiala House Court issued notice and sought a response from the NIA. The matter has been listed on November 27.
Engineer Rashid also addressed the court through video conferencing and submitted he needs interim bail to attend the parliament session.
Engineer Rashid submitted that he had been elected by his people. He was not allowed to attend the last parliament session. "With folded hands, I request that I may be granted interim bail," he submitted.
This story is from the November 26, 2024 edition of The Statesman.
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