Jailed MP Engineer Rashid's father dies aged 85
Haji Khazir Mohammad Sheikh, the father of jailed MP Engineer Rashid, passed away at the age of 85 in a Delhi hospital. The Awami Itihaad Party has called for the immediate release of Rashid so he can attend his father's funeral. Rashid had previously been granted interim bail to visit his critically ill father before his passing.
- ▪Haji Khazir Mohammad Sheikh died in a Delhi hospital at the age of 85.
- ▪Awami Itihaad Party spokesperson Inam Un Nabi urged the government to release Engineer Rashid for his father's last rites.
- ▪Engineer Rashid was arrested in 2019 and charged with terror funding under the UAPA.
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The father of jailed Baramulla MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid, also known as Engineer Rashid, died at a hospital in Delhi on Monday (May 18, 2026). He was 85."Haji Khazir Mohammad Sheikh, father of Member of Parliament, Baramulla, Engineer Rashid, is no more," Awami Itihaad Party (AIP) chief spokesperson Inam Un Nabi said in Srinagar.Mr. Nabi appealed to the Government of India and the authorities concerned to immediately facilitate the release of the Baramulla MP so that he can participate in the last rites of his father."No pain can be greater than a son being deprived of bidding a final farewell to his own father," he added.Rashid, was granted interim bail by the Delhi High Court on April 30, 2026, to meet his father who was critically ill in a Srinagar hospital.
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