Srinagar, Sep 8: Member of Parliament from Srinagar, Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi has termed the invocation of the Public Safety Act (PSA) against Doda MLA Mehraj Malik as unjustifiable, calling it a misuse of the law.
In a post on X, the Office of Aga Ruhullah Mehdi, as per news agency Kashmir News Corner — KNC, wrote, “Invoking the Public Safety Act (PSA) against MLA Mehraj Malik is unjustifiable.”
The post added, “If an elected representative has erred, he must be questioned and dealt with under due process of law. That is how accountability works in a democracy.”
Invoking the Public Safety Act (PSA) against MLA Mehraj Malik is unjustifiable. If an elected representative has erred, he must be questioned and dealt with under due process of law. That is how accountability works in a democracy.
— Office of Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi (@Office_ASRM) September 8, 2025
The PSA, intended for exceptional cases of…
It further noted, “The PSA, intended for exceptional cases of grave security threats, has been repeatedly misused in Jammu & Kashmir to detain individuals on vague and arbitrary grounds.”
“It has effectively become a tool to silence voices. Such misuse erodes public trust in institutions and reduces a legal safeguard into an instrument of suppression. We strongly condemn the use of abusive language by Mehraj Malik, but this is not justice; it is repression,” the post concluded. (KNC)
