Mirwaiz urges Centre to release Engineer Rashid, says MP’s dad critical

SRINAGAR: Kashmir’s main cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Thursday urged cardinal govt to merchandise Baramulla MP Engineer Rashid, who has remained incarcerated astatine New Delhi’s Tihar Jail for the past 5 years, connected humanitarian grounds, to conscionable his ailing father.In a statement, the Mirwaiz said helium had visited the jailed MP’s father, Khazir Mohammad Sheikh, astatine SMHS infirmary successful Srinagar. “He is critically sick and yearning to spot his son… which could beryllium their past meeting,” helium stated. He said the “silent suffering” of governmental prisoners lodged successful antithetic jails crossed the country, and successful J&K, was heartbreaking.Spokesperson of Awami Itihaad Party (founded by Rashid), Inam Un Nabi, said Sheikh’s wellness had been deteriorating, and helium had been shifted to the ICU.

Nabi urged govt to instrumentality a compassionate, humanitarian determination and merchandise Rashid to let him to attraction for his sick father.Rashid has been successful Tihar aft NIA arrested him successful a terror-funding case, registered nether Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 4 days earlier the nullification of Article 370 connected Aug 5, 2019. He attended the fund league of Parliament successful Jan this twelvemonth aft a Delhi tribunal granted him custody parole.