New Delhi: The NIA on Monday opposed in the Delhi High Court a plea by jailed Jammu and Kashmir MP Rashid Engineer for interim bail in an alleged militant-funding case to attend Parliament.
In its response to Engineer’s plea before Justice Vikas Mahajn, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) said, “it was a classic case of misuse of the interim bail provision ought to be used sparingly when intolerable grief and suffering was displayed by the accused concerned.”
Rashid’s interim bail plea is scheduled for February 4.
He has sought interim bail to attend the budget session of Parliament, which began on January 31, and concludes on April 4.
Rashid was elected from the Baramulla constituency in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and is lodged in Tihar Jail since 2019 after the NIA arrested him under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in the 2017
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