Delhi Court Allows Engineer Rashid to Vote in Vice-President Election Amid UAPA Detention

A Delhi court permitted Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, to leave Tihar Jail temporarily to cast his vote in the Vice-President election. Rashid, arrested in 2019 in a terror funding case under the UAPA, was elected as MP from Baramulla while in custody.

The court directed that he be escorted by armed guards and return immediately after voting.

Rashid had earlier secured the Delhi High Court’s permission to attend the Budget Session, though his plea to join the Monsoon Session remained undecided.