Jammu, March 20 -- A local court has issued non-bailable warrants against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA from Doda assembly constituency, Mehraj Malik, in a defamation case filed by former minister Ghulam Mohammad Saroori.

The court of special excise mobile magistrate at Jammu issued the non-bailable warrants against Malik under section 499 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The court has issued directions to the police to produce the accused on May 14.

Talking to reporters outside the legislative assembly here, Malik said he will not speak on the issue as he was focussed on people's issues in the assembly.

"I will not talk about warrants. I will talk about people in the house and people will look after warrants in the court of law," he said....