AAP protests in J&K against its MLA's detention

SECURITY BEEFED UP IN DODA

- OUR CORRESPONDENT

DODA/JAMMU: Protesters clashed with security personnel in Doda as demonstrations were held in the district and other places in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday against the detention of Aam Aadmi Party MLA Mehraj Malik under the Public Safety Act (PSA), officials said.

Police and paramilitary forces had been deployed in strength in Doda, where supporters of Malik, the president of the J-K unit of AAP, took to the streets a day after he was detained for allegedly disturbing public order and lodged in Kathua district jail.