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4d ago

J&K’s Lone AAP MLA Detained Under Public Safety Act, a First for a Sitting Legislator

Officials cite 18 FIRs alongside public-order allegations to justify preventive detention.

FILE: AAP MLA Mehraj Malik talks to the media after winning from Doda Assembly seat. (PTI Photo) (PTI10_08_2024_000172B)
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File Photo: ANI
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Overview

  • Doda’s district magistrate ordered the PSA detention of Mehraj Malik after a police dossier, marking the first use of the law on an incumbent MLA in Jammu and Kashmir.
  • Officials say Malik features in 18 FIRs and 16 daily diary entries for alleged intimidation of officials, locking offices, and obstructing relief work, with a new Gandoh FIR invoking specific BNS sections over a health centre dispute.
  • Police detained him at Doda’s Dak Bungalow as he prepared to visit flood-hit areas, then moved him to a district jail on Deputy Commissioner Harvinder Singh’s orders.
  • PDP MLA Waheed Para and Peoples Conference leader Sajad Gani Lone condemned the action as an assault on democratic dissent, while government employees rallied in support of the deputy commissioner.
  • Authorities reported detentions of several associates and additional security deployments in sensitive areas, and noted that PSA detention does not by itself affect his Assembly membership without a conviction.