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AAP Forms 10-Member Legal Team to Contest PSA Detention of J&K MLA Mehraj Malik

Opposition leaders press for a special Assembly session to force a reconsideration of the arrest.

Former J&K chief ministers Mehbooba Mufti and Farooq Abdullah have demanded release of Doda legislator Mehraj Malik. The PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday termed the arrest of MLA Mehraj Malik under Public Safety Act (PSA) an attack on democracy (HT File)
Barbed wires placed in view of the protests against the detention of AAP MLA Mehraj Malik under the Public Safety Act, in Doda district, Jammu and Kashmir, on Friday. (PTI)
Security personnel check a commuter's two-wheeler after security was beefed up in view of the protests against the detention of AAP MLA Mehraj Malik under the Public Safety Act, in Doda district, Jammu and Kashmir, Saturday. (PTI)
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Overview

  • AAP on Sunday named a 10-member team led by Senior Advocate Nirmal K Kotwal to challenge Malik’s detention, with the move announced by party leader Imran Hussain on X.
  • The Doda deputy commissioner’s PSA order cites Malik’s “continual unlawful conduct” following an episode where he allegedly used foul language against the official on social media.
  • A police dossier sent to the J&K Home Department alleges threats to officials during Operation Sindoor and lists 18 FIRs and 16 daily diary entries, with Malik lodged in Kathua district jail.
  • Former chief ministers Mehbooba Mufti and Farooq Abdullah called for Malik’s release, with Mufti urging a special Assembly session and Abdullah appealing for intervention by the prime minister and home minister.
  • After protests in Doda, authorities imposed curbs and suspended mobile and broadband services, later allowing limited movement windows with officials reporting no untoward incidents during those periods.