Probe ‘killing’ of 2 Jammu & Kashmir locals: Rashid in Parliament

NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha member from Baramulla, Sheikh Abdul Rashid, who is out on parole from Tihar jail to attend the budget session, on Tuesday demanded a "full investigation" into the recent death of two civilians in Jammu and Kashmir.

Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Rashid, also known as Engineer Rashid, an Independent member from Jammu and Kashmir, claimed that two persons Wasim Ahmad Mir and Makhan Din were killed "allegedly by the forces" and demanded a full investigation into the matter. "Hamara khoon sasta nahin hain (our blood is not cheap)," he said.

Rashid was granted custody parole by Delhi high court on Monday allowing him to attend Parliament on February 11 and 13.

The Baramulla MP has been in Tihar Jail since 2019, accused of funding separatist and terror groups. Rashid demanded construction of a tunnel to access far-flung areas of Keran, Karnah and Machil in Kupwara which remain cut-off from the rest of the country for six months.

Congress MP from Sasaram Manoj Kumar, who was critically injured two weeks ago after a group of people allegedly thrashed him in an apparent incident of road rage in Bihar's Kaimur district, spoke out in Lok Sabha on Tuesday, during Zero Hour, saying he feared for his life.