Overview

• AIP said Rashid narrowly avoided serious harm when transgender inmates allegedly hurled a gate at him and demanded an independent probe into what it called targeted harassment of Kashmiri prisoners.
• Tihar prison sources reported only minor injuries, denied any murder conspiracy, and said Rashid is lodged with three transgender inmates in Jail No. 3 after an argument.
• Rashid has applied in a Delhi court for permission to cast his vote in the September 9 Vice‑Presidential election, with Additional Sessions Judge Chander Jit Singh expected to rule on Saturday, according to court sources.
• Separate reporting, citing sources, indicates he may be brought to Parliament in police custody to vote in person rather than use a postal ballot, a step that would follow past precedents for jailed MPs.
• Detained since 2019 in an NIA UAPA terror‑funding case dating to 2017, Rashid won the Baramulla Lok Sabha seat in 2024 and has previously received time‑bound custody parole to attend parliamentary proceedings.