Diplomat Correspondent
Jammu: DD, The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday announced the formation of a 10-member legal team to contest the detention of its Jammu and Kashmir unit president and sitting MLA, Mehraj Malik, who was booked under the Public Safety Act (PSA).
In a post on X, senior AAP leader and former Delhi minister Imran Hussain as wrote, that the party has constituted a team of lawyers to pursue the case in 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 wrote.
3-year-old, MLA, Mehraj Malik, was detained on September 8 in Doda for allegedly disturbing public order. His arrest triggered violent protests in the area, prompting the authorities to impose prohibitory restrictions and suspend mobile internet as well as broadband services.
(KNC)