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Authorities in Delhi’s Tihar Jail have shifted Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) leader and Baramulla MP Engineer Rashid, who is lodged in prison in connection with a terror funding case, from Jail Number 3 to Jail Number 1, nearly two months after a group of inmates allegedly attacked him, sources said Wednesday.
Rashid, 58, has been shifted to Tihar’s oldest Jail Number 1, where he has been lodged alone in a separate cell of ward number 9, according to a highly placed source in the Delhi government. As per the jail manual, an inmate can stay alone or with up to two other inmates in a cell, an official said.
Rashid’s transfer from Jail Number 3 to Jail Number 1 was carried out as a precautionary measure after analysing Rashid’s security following the alleged attack, according to a source in Tihar.
The sources said that the MP, lodged in Tihar jail since 2019, was attacked by some inmates and sustained a minor injury during an altercation that reportedly took place by the end of August. The MP had disclosed about his “narrow escape” in prison during a legal meeting with his lawyer, Javeed Hubbi, in September.
“Regular checks are being conducted with the help of CCTV cameras installed around his ward. The warders have been instructed to keep a close watch outside the confinement area,” the source said.
Rashid is being shifted to the same cell where former deputy chief minister of Delhi and Aam Aadmi Party leader Manish Sisodia was lodged in connection with the Delhi Excise Policy scam in 2023, sources said.
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