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SRINAGAR: Kashmir\u2019s chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq<\/a> Thursday urged central govt to release Baramulla MP Engineer Rashid, who has remained incarcerated at New Delhi\u2019s Tihar Jail for the past five years, on humanitarian grounds, to meet his ailing father.In a statement, the Mirwaiz said he had visited the jailed MP\u2019s father, Khazir Mohammad Sheikh, at SMHS hospital in Srinagar. \u201cHe is critically ill and yearning to see his son\u2026 which could be their last meeting,\u201d he stated. He said the \u201csilent suffering\u201d of political prisoners lodged in different jails across the country, and in J&K, was heartbreaking.Spokesperson of Awami Itihaad Party (founded by Rashid), Inam Un Nabi, said Sheikh\u2019s health had been deteriorating, and he had been shifted to the ICU. Nabi urged govt to take a compassionate, humanitarian decision and release Rashid to allow him to care for his ill father.Rashid has been in Tihar after NIA arrested him in a terror-funding case, registered under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, four days before the nullification of Article 370 on Aug 5, 2019. He attended the budget session of Parliament in Jan this year after a Delhi court granted him custody parole.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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