Jailed MP Engineer Rashid denied access to dying father in IIOJK
New Delhi: In an utter reflection of repression, incarcerated MP Engineer Rashid from Indian illegally occupied Jammu and has sought interim bail to visit his father, who is battling for life in a Srinagar hospital.
According to Kashmir Media Service, the Awami Itihaad Party (AIP) on Friday moved an application before the court seeking interim bail for Rashid, whose father has been hospitalised in critical condition. AIP chief spokesperson Inam Un Nabi said, “At such a time, it is only humane that a father gets to see his son and a son is allowed to be beside his ailing father.” He added, “This is not merely a legal matter but a deeply emotional situation that calls for empathy and sensitivity.
Er Rashid’s father deserves to see his son in these critical moments and equally, Er Rashid deserves to be with his father. Humanity must prevail.” Several political leaders across the occupied territory have backed the demand, calling New Delhi’s continued detention of elected representatives inhumane.
Senior APHC leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who visited Rashid’s father at SMHS Hospital Srinagar, said, “This silent suffering of political prisoners lodged in jails across India and in occupied Jammu and Kashmir and their families is heartbreaking.” He urged New Delhi to release Rashid “at least on humanitarian grounds.”
National Conference MLA Tanvir Sadiq also urged authorities to consider parole on humanitarian grounds. Observers said the denial of basic human contact to a jailed MP whose father is on his deathbed reflects the deepening scale of political repression in IIOJK, where thousands of Kashmiris remain incarcerated far from home, with families denied even the right to care for the sick and dying.
