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Aam Aadmi Party MLA Mehraj Malik freed after 8 months court overturns detention
India
Published on 28 April 2026
Detention under PSA was quashed by the high court
Aam Aadmi Party MLA Mehraj Malik, from Doda, was released from Kathua jail after eight months. The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court quashed his detention under the Public Safety Act. Malik, arrested in September 2025, now urges youth to join politics, framing the release as a call for greater civic engagement.
- Mehraj Malik was released after eight months in Kathua jail
- His PSA detention was overturned by the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court
- The Doda MLA was arrested in September 2025
- He urged youth to join politics after release
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