NEW DELHI: Baramulla MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid, generally referred to as Engineer Rashid, was attacked on Sunday when a person stomped on the bonnet of his car’s cupboard and shattered the entrance windshield.
The incident occurred within the Langate space of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, on the ultimate day of electioneering. Rashid, who was contained in the automobile on the time of the assault, escaped unharmed.
A video of the incident, which surfaced on social media, reveals the assailant climbing onto the car, aggressively stomping on the bonnet earlier than damaging the windshield.The rationale behind the assault stays unclear, as Rashid’s Awami Ittehad Social gathering (AIP) has not but issued an official assertion.
PTI sources recommend that the attacker is a former aide of the MP, somebody who performed a key function in Rashid’s profitable Lok Sabha election marketing campaign earlier this 12 months. Nonetheless, the 2 reportedly had a falling out after the elections, which can have contributed to the motive behind the assault.
Sheikh Abdul Rashid, a outstanding political determine in Jammu and Kashmir, gained consideration after defeating Omar Abdullah within the not too long ago concluded Basic Elections. Rashid, who has been lively within the ongoing meeting election marketing campaign, was granted interim bail in a terror-funding case to permit him to proceed campaigning. He was arrested in 2019 by the Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA) below the Illegal Actions (Prevention) Act in reference to a 2017 terror-funding case.
