Jammu: AAP on Sunday announced a 10-member legal team to challenge the detention of its Jammu and Kashmir unit president and sitting MLA Mehraj Malik under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA).
The 37-year-old Malik was detained on September 8 in Doda for allegedly disturbing public order in the district. His detention sparked violent protests, following which authorities imposed prohibitory restrictions and snapped mobile internet and broadband services.
In a post on X, senior AAP leader and former Delhi minister Imran Hussain announced a legal team to fight Malik’s case in the court.
“AAP stands strong with our MLA Mehraj Malik, arrested under PSA. A strong legal team led by Senior Advocate Nirmal K Kotwal with Adv Muzaffar Khan, Adv Sheik Shakeel Ahmad and Adv Appu Singh (Assisting Counsel) supported by Arvind Bandral, Joginder Singh Thakur, Gaurav Sarangal, Sandeep Sharma, Asim Hashmi and M Tariq Mughal will fight this case,” Hussain said.
AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal also expressed support for the detained MLA and said he will come out of jail soon.
“I have full hope that Mehraj Malik will get justice and he will come out soon,” Kejriwal said on X.
