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Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday sought the response of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to jailed MP Engineer Rashid's application moved in a terror funding case against him by the investigating agency.

The Bench of Justice Subramonium Prasad and Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar issued the notice to NIA on Rashid's appeal challenging a trial court's refusal to grant him regular bail in the matter.

Rashid has been in jail since 2019 in the terror funding case under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).

In 2024, Rashid won the Baramulla Lok Sabha seat by defeating incumbent Jammu and Kashmir ...