Engineer Rashid returns to Tihar

New Delhi, Oct 28: Baramulla Lok Sabha MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid, commonly known as ‘Engineer Rashid’, surrendered to Tihar authorities on Monday after his interim bail expired and a court here reserved its order on his regular bail over jurisdictional concerns.
The Awami Ittehad Party leader, who was arrested in a terror funding case, was granted interim bail on September 10. Additional Sessions Judge Chander Jit Singh granted the interim relief to Rashid to enable him to campaign for the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections while deferring the order on his regular bail plea.
The judge was scheduled to pass the order on his regular bail plea on Monday but he adjourned the matter. Reserving the order, the judge underscored that he would first consider the issue of jurisdiction and whether or not to transfer the case to a special court meant to try lawmakers, considering Rashid was now an MP.
“Since we are considering the jurisdiction issue whether the matter will be heard by this court or the designated MP/MLA court of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), keep it (bail order) post that,” the court said.
It will now review the jurisdiction matter on November 13.
Rashid, who faces charges of terror funding, arrived in New Delhi from Srinagar in the morning to fulfil his surrender. (PTI)