Delhi High Court grants interim bail to MP Er Rashid to attend father’s last rites

Srinagar, May 18: The Delhi High Court on Monday granted interim bail to Baramulla Member of Parliament Engineer Rashid to enable him to attend the last rites of his father, Haji Khazir Mohammad Sheikh.

Family sources told news agency JKNS, that Haji Khazir Mohammad Sheikh passed away on Monday morning after prolonged illness. His demise has been widely condoled across Jammu and Kashmir.

Following the death, appeals were made on humanitarian grounds seeking permission for the jailed MP to participate in the last rites and funeral prayers of his father.

Er Rashid, presently lodged in Tihar Jail in connection with a terror-funding case being investigated by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), was subsequently granted interim bail by the Delhi High Court to attend the funeral and related rituals. (JKNS)