Jammu, Sept. 19 -- Senior lawyer of high court (HC) and president of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association (Jammu), K Nirmal Kotwal, on Thursday, recused himself from representing AAP MLA from Doda East, Mehraj Malik, who was recently detained under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA).

Mailk was detained on September 8 for allegedly disturbing public order and lodged in Kathua district jail. On September 14, AAP announced a 10-member legal team-led by Kotwal to challenge the detention of Malik.

Advocate Kotwal, in a written statement issued to the media, mentioned certain videos where the politician purportedly claimed that J&K is not a part of India while praising terrorists Burhan Wani and Masood Azhar.

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