India, Dec. 12 -- CPI(M) MLA Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami on Friday expressed dismay over Aam Aadmi Party's Doda East legislator Mehraj Malik being paraded in handcuffs in a hospital in Kathua on Thursday and appealed to the chief minister Omar Abdullah and members of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly to come out with a strong statement and demand an apology from the authorities concerned.

The AAP MLA, who has been in jail under the Public Safety Act (PSA) since September 8, was taken to the Government Medical College and Hospital in Kathua in handcuffs by policemen on Thursday for a medical check-up. The video of the handcuffed MLA has been shared widely on social media.

Addressing mediapersons in Jammu, Tarigami said, "One of our sitting leg...