India, May 18 -- The Delhi high court on Monday granted interim bail until June 2 to Baramulla MP Abdul Rashid Sheikh, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, in a terror-funding case following his father's death.

A bench of Justices Prathiba M Singh and Madhu Jain allowed the interim relief to enable Rashid to attend the burial, perform customary last rites, and carry out other ceremonies associated with the bereavement.

The court also recorded that counsel for the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Akshai Malik verified the death of the his father during the intervening night of May 17 and 18.

In its seven-page order, the bench directed that Rashid would remain accompanied by at least two police personnel in plain clothes throughout the...