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for supporting militants and subsequently jailed for three months and 17 days. He was charge with committing anti-national activities, and was kept in Cargo, Humhama and Raj bagh prisons. Later the Chief
Judicial Magistrate of Srinagar dropped all charges against him on humanitarian grounds.
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two years later. He worked for over a decade as an engineer in the state government-run Jammu and
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According to Rashid he was arrested by a motley group of counter-insurgents that worked closely with the state police, who took him to an interrogation centre, where he was "interrogated." After five months of custody, he negotiated his release, paying
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for hosting a party where he served beef on the lawns of the government circuit with a view to oppose the controversial central
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He was also attacked with black ink in Press Club New Delhi by BJP cadets a day after his critical comments regarding the lynching of a
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on an
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Baramulla: In jail since 2019, Engineer Rashid declares assets increased, liabilities reduced in five years
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608:"How Langate's Engineer Rashid battled counter-insurgency to reduce police intervention in peoples' lives"
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On 11 September 2024, he was granted interim bail until 2 October, allowing him to campaign for the
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Rashid transitioned from a career in construction engineering to politics in 2008, winning the
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Engineer Rashid’s election victory shows
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Rashid obtained a
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in 1978. In 1987, the People's
Conference was a leading member of the
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NIA arrests former J&K MLA Rashid
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Army used citizens in J&K operations, says state police
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2024 Jammu and
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2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election
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