A day after the Delhi High Court allowed Rashid Engineer, a Member of Parliament from Jammu and Kashmir, to leave jail for two days, he was taken to a hospital for a health check-up. Rashid has been in Tihar Jail since 2019 because of a case linked to funding terrorism.
Rashid asked for permission to temporarily leave jail to represent his area in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of Parliament. After his check-up at RML Hospital, he will head to Parliament, according to officials at the jail.
However, his temporary leave comes with strict rules. Rashid cannot use a phone or internet, and he is not allowed to talk to the media or anyone else, except for his duties as an MP. He is being accused of giving money to groups that support violence in Jammu and Kashmir.
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