Doda, Sept. 9 -- Shamas Din Malik, father of detained Aam Aadmi Party MLA from Doda, Mehraj Malik, said on Tuesday that his son was wrongly charged under the Public Safety Act (PSA), mentioning that the court will decide the legality of his arrest.

Malik, representing Doda assembly constituency, was booked under provisions of the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act 1978 (PSA) on Monday on grounds of his activities being prejudicial to the maintenance of public order.

Preventive detention under the PSA was found necessary in the interest of maintaining public order and safeguarding law and order in the region.

"The court will decide now...There was a fight with DC sahib (Deputy Commissioner of Doda)...He has been wrongly charged under P...