Srinagar, Sept. 13 -- National Conference president Farooq Abdullah today said that the arrest of AAP MLA Mehraj Malik should be resolved through compassion and dialogue rather than force, stressing that mistakes made in political heat can be corrected.
Abdullah said he had also appealed to the Prime Minister and the Home Minister to release MLA Malik.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Doda legislator Mehraj Malik was arrested earlier this week under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA), which allows detention without trial for upto two years. His detention under PSA has triggered a major political row in Jammu and Kashmir.
Talking to reporters today, the former Chief Minister and NC president Abdullah said Malik had made a mistake. "He used unparl...