Engineer Rashid seeks bail to attend Winter Session of Parliament
Hindustan TimesLok Sabha MP Abdul Rashid Sheikh, also known as Engineer Rashid, has filed an application in Delhi's Patiala House Court seeking interim bail to attend the ongoing Winter Session of parliament. Senior advocate Siddharth Luthra appeared on behalf of the NIA, while advocate Vikhyat Oberoi, representing Engineer Rashid, noted that the bail plea has been pending for 2-3 months. While recommending this transfer, the court also forwarded all pending applications, including Engineer Rashid's regular bail plea, to the District Judge. In 2022, the NIA court directed the probe agency to frame charges against Engineer Rashid and several others including Hafiz Saeed, Syed Salahuddin, Yasin Malik, Shabbir Shah, Masrat Alam, Zahoor Ahmed Watali, Bitta Karate, Aftab Ahmed Shah, Avtar Ahmed Shah, Naeem Khan, and Bashir Ahmed Butt.