New Delhi, July 23 -- A Delhi court on Tuesday granted jailed Lok Sabha MP Engineer Rashid custody parole between July 24 and August 4 to attend the monsoon session of Parliament.

Rashid has been lodged in Tihar jail since 2019 after he was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in the 2017 terror funding case.

Additional sessions judge Chander Jit Singh granted the custody parole.

Counsel for Rashid, Vikhyat Oberoi, said that the custody parole was granted subject to payment of travel expenses.

The Baramulla MP sought either interim bail or custody parole to carry out his duty as a parliamentarian.

Custody parole entails a prisoner being escorted by armed police personnel t...