Srinagar, Feb. 7 -- The Delhi High Court on Thursday sought the stand of the NIA on allowing jailed MP Engineer Rashid, facing trial in a terror funding case, to attend the ongoing Parliament session on custody parole.
"He can, in the meantime, attend the session in judicial custody. He is an elected MP. What is the difficulty in sending him in custody?" asked Justice Vikas Mahajan.
The court granted time till February 7 to the National Investigation Agency's (NIA) counsel to seek instructions on the issue.
The NIA counsel said the matter was "not that simple" as there was an issue of security as well.
Custody parole entails a prisoner being escorted by armed police personnel to the place of visit.
The court was hearing Rashid's petiti...