Jammu: A court in J&K’s Jammu city has issued a non-bailable warrant against Mehraj Malik, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA from the Doda Assembly constituency.
Special excise mobile magistrate Jammu has directed police to arrest the MLA and produce him before the court on May 14, the next date of hearing in the case.
Former Congress leader G.M. Saroori has filed a defamation case against the AAP MLA alleging that Malik has made false statements thereby defaming the complainant.
The case was registered at Gandoh Police Station under Section 499 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which deals with defamation.
Mehraj Malik won the Legislative Assembly election from the Doda constituency on an AAP ticket and defeated Saroori and others in those elections.
The AAP has one MLA in the 90-member J&K Assembly.
The party supports the Omar Abdullah-led National Conference (NC) government in the union territory.
