Court Grants Engineer Rashid Parole to Take Oath as Lok Sabha MP

A court granted two-hour custody parole to Kashmiri leader Engineer Rashid to take the oath as a Lok Sabha MP on July 5, subject to conditions. Rashid, elected as an independent candidate, was arrested in a 2017 terror funding case and has been in jail since 2019.

A local court has granted two-hour custody parole to Kashmiri leader Sheikh Abdul Rashid, known as Engineer Rashid, allowing him to take the oath as a Lok Sabha MP on July 5, under certain conditions.

Rashid, an independent candidate from Baramulla, was arrested in a 2017 Jammu and Kashmir terror funding case. He has been in jail since 2019.

The court stipulated that Rashid, whose family can attend the oath-taking ceremony, must adhere to conditions such as no media interaction and no access to phone or internet.