Overview
- Rashid, jailed since 2019 in an NIA terror-funding case, was ordered taken in custody to Parliament on September 9 solely to cast his Vice-Presidential vote under strict restrictions.
- The court barred any phone or internet use and media interactions, kept him in the custody of security marshals, and directed his immediate return to Tihar after polling.
- The NIA did not oppose his request but sought that he reimburse travel and security expenses, and the judge required an undertaking pending a Delhi High Court ruling on costs.
- Rashid’s Awami Ittehad Party alleged he was recently attacked inside Tihar by transgender inmates who pushed him and threw a gate, and it called for an independent probe.
- Prison officials described the episode as an altercation causing minor injuries, rejected claims of a murder conspiracy, and confirmed he is housed with three transgender inmates in Jail No. 3.