The incident was reportedly triggered by Malik's remarks against the BJP and PDP leader Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, which led to a fistfight between the enraged groups.
The police denied that Makhan Din, a 25-year youth, was tortured during questioning. Kathua District Magistrate and the police have ordered separate inquiries into his death.
Amid drug menace and growing unemployment, the region is becoming udta Kashmir, he said.
Wani’s reaction came a day after PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti applauded her party’s three MLAs who raised the demand for restoration of Article 370 in the recent session of the Assembly.
People's Democratic Party (PDP) Chief Mehbooba Mufti said on Thursday that her party would continue to observe the Union Territory (UT) Foundation Day as a black day till the special powers of the erstwhile state were not restored.
The NC has already dropped two executive councillors of the Congress from the LAHDC.
Interacting with workers in Tangmarg constituency of Kashmir on Thursday, Akhtar said that the recent reverses in elections are a temporary setback and that the leadership has started working on a revival plan and the party cadre is being revitalised to carry on the party’s political campaign with renewed vigour.
Imran Khan had called Narendra Modi on Sunday to congratulate him on his re-election, said the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), adding that PM Modi thanked Khan and, at the same time, reiterated his suggestion of jointly fighting poverty in the two countries.
The NC swept all the three seats of the Kashmir valley where alleged tinkering of the Articles 370 and 35A by the BJP had become a major electoral issue.
Earlier, Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq announced that the conglomerate led by him was "ready to support all Indo-Pak efforts aimed at ending hostility and seeking a peaceful solution" to the Kashmir issue
