Engineer Rashid out of Tihar on interim bail

Baramulla MP Engineer Rashid walked out of Tihar Jail on Wednesday on interim bail till October 2 for campaigning in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls and vowed to fight Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "Naya Kashmir narrative".

Talking to reporters outside the jail, he also attacked National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti for "destroying" Kashmir and said he would continue to fight for the people of the region.

Targeting Omar Abdullah, whom Rashid defeated in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, the Baramulla MP said he was "literally dying in Tihar for fiveand-a-half years" while the NC leader was "hiding in London".

As Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, stepped out of the prison, he was welcomed by his sons and supporters. "He was released from jail at 4.15 pm," a senior prison official said.