India, Feb. 6 -- The Delhi high court on Thursday sought the stand of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on letting jailed MP Engineer Rashid, facing trial in a terror funding case, to attend the ongoing Parliament's Budget session on custody parole.

A bench of justice Vikas Mahajan asked special public prosecutor Akshai Malik to seek instructions despite the agency's opposition that his release even on custody parole involved security concerns.

"What is the difficulty in sending him (Rashid to the Parliament) in custody? He (Rashid) is an elected Member of Parliament. Come back with instructions tomorrow," justice Mahajan said to Malik.

The court was responding to Rashid's plea seeking interim bail from January 30 to April 5 and ...