Engineer Rashid Secures Custody Parole To Attend Monsoon Session, Interim Bail Rejected

A Delhi court on Tuesday allowed Baramulla MP Abdul Rashid Sheikh to attend the Monsoon Session of Parliament while remaining in custody, The Hindu reported.

While rejecting Sheikh’s plea for interim bail to discharge his parliamentary duties, Additional Sessions Judge Chander Jit Singh of the Patiala House Court directed that the MP can attend the session between July 24 and August 4 with a police escort.

The Parliament session began on Monday and will conclude on August 21, with a break between August 12 and August 18.