Srinagar, April 21 -- Political leaders across party lines have sought the release of Baramulla MP, Er Rashid, who is currently lodged in Tihar Jail, as his ailing father Khazir Mohammad Sheikh is battling for his life in the intensive care unit (ICU) of Shri Maharaja Hari Singh (SMHS) Hospital.

The Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) has already applied for bail for the incarcerated MP on humanitarian grounds at Patiala House Court, New Delhi. Meanwhile, the hearing on the bail petition has been deferred to April 22.

Almost all top leaders belonging to different political parties visited the hospital and enquired with doctors about the condition of Khazir Mohammad Sheikh, who is also the father of Khursheed Ahmad Sheikh, legislator from Langate....