‘No issues’ if law of country has granted the bail…”: BJP spokesperson Abhijeet Jasrotia on Rashid Engineer’s interim bail

Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], September 10 (ANI): Following Delhi’s special NIA court decision to grant interim bail to parliamentarian Rashid Engineer in connection with a terror funding case, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Spokesperson Abhijeet Jasrotia said on Tuesday that there is no issue in bail if that is granted by the law of the land.

“The country runs by law, if the law of the country has given the bail, then there are no issues,” BJP spokesperson Abhijeet Jasrotia said.

“The law of the land that has restored Article 370 approved his (Engineer Rashid) bail.”

Earlier today, Delhi’s special NIA court granted interim bail to parliamentarian Rashid Engineer in connection with a terror funding case. The interim bail has been granted till October 2, 2024, by the court, which directed him to surrender on October 3 before the concerned jail. By the order, the court allow him to campaign for the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections.

Rashid Engineer had filed a bail application requesting interim bail for three months, while his regular bail application remains pending before the same court, with an order expected on September 11.

Engineer Rashid, who was arrested in connection with a 2017 Jammu and Kashmir terror funding case, has submitted a second regular bail application in Delhi’s Patiala House court.

Earlier, the same court had granted Sheikh Abdul Rashid, also known as Engineer Rashid, a two-hour custody parole on July 5 to allow him to take the oath as a Member of Parliament.

In 2005, Engineer Rashid was arrested by the Special Operations Group (SOG) in Srinagar for allegedly supporting militants and was held for three months and 17 days.

He faced charges of anti-national activities and was incarcerated in Cargo, Humhama, and Raj Bagh prisons. However, the Chief Judicial Magistrate of Srinagar later dropped all charges against him on humanitarian grounds.

In August 2019, Rashid was again arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). During his incarceration, he filed his nomination for the 2024 parliamentary elections from jail and won by a margin of 204,000 votes, defeating former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah.