Srinagar, Sept. 9 -- Mehraj Malik, the only Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator in Jammu and Kashmir, has been detained under the Public Safety Act (PSA) for one year, making him the first sitting MLA in the Union Territory to face action under the stringent law.

Police said Malik, who represents the Doda constituency, has been sent to Bhaderwah jail. He is named in 18 FIRs and 16 daily diary reports across different police stations in Doda district. Officials alleged he had increasingly been disrupting public order, particularly at a time when the administration was engaged in relief work following recent heavy rains and flash floods in the area.

The 36-year-old legislator is accused of attacking government officials, locking them inside ...