Applied for bail seeking Engineer Rashid’s release: AIP

PTK NEWS MONITORING DESK

Srinagar, Aug 18: Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) on Sunday said that it has applied for the bail seeking release of Engineer Rashid.

“We have filed a bail application in Delhi high court ten days ago and it is not known when it will come for hearing so far”, Rashid’s son Aijaz told a news agency.

Rashid is lodged n Tihar Jail New Delhi since 2019 in a terror-funding case.

Engineer Rashid won the recent Parliament election from the Baramulla constituency as an independent candidate from Tihar jail and defeated National Conference Vice President and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah with a huge margin in the elections.

Earlier AIP Spokesperson, Faridous Baba in a communiqué said, “Rashid has applied for the bail application and we are hopeful that the court will consider it and he will be released keeping in view the upcoming Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir. “

He said Engineer has a big mandate and his contribution in the forthcoming Assembly elections will be meaningful.

“Law will obviously consider that and we are fully hopeful that he will get the bail”, Baba said.

He said that there is a possibility the decision on bail is likely to come up within two to three days.