Ahead of Assembly Polls In J&K, Engineer Rashid Released From Jail

Engineer Rashid has been at a jail in Delhi since 2019 in connection with a terror-funding case.

Jammu and Kashmir MP Sheikh Abdullah Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, has been granted bail to campaign for the assembly election in the Union Territory. Engineer Rashid had been in a jail in Delhi since 2019 in connection with a terror-funding case, from where he was released today.

He was granted bail by a Delhi court today. His  Awami Ittehad Party is among the several local parties in fray for the three-phase assembly elections that will begin next month.

Engineer Rashid had contested in the general elections held earlier this year from jail and beat former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to win the Baramulla seat.