The Jammu and Kashmir government has informed the Legislative Assembly Speaker about the detention of Doda legislator Mehraj Din Malik under the Public Safety Act (PSA).
According to an intimation by District Magistrate Doda, Harvinder Singh, Malik, who represents Doda-52 constituency, has been booked under the provisions of the J&K Public Safety Act, 1978.
The communication states that the action was taken on grounds of his activities being “prejudicial to the maintenance of public order.”
“After examining relevant materials, reports, and circumstances, authorities concluded that the continuance of such activities posed a ‘grave threat’ to peace, public order and tranquility in the district,” it reads.
The government said preventive detention under the PSA was found necessary “in the interest of maintaining public order and safeguarding law and order in the region”.
