A Delhi court on Wednesday granted five days custody parole to February 2020 riots accused Shafa ur Rehman to contest and campaign for the upcoming assembly elections in the national capital, reported news agency PTI.

Additional sessions judge Sameer Bajpai who was hearing Rehman's interim bail plea for four weeks, directed his release upon a deposit of Rs 2.07 lakh as security expenses from January 30 to February 3 for 12 hours each day.