Malik had been in police custody for 45 days after being arrested for alleged participation in protests and stone-pelting. The Congress as well as Malik’s relatives and neighbours have called the killing a political conspiracy. Malik is the first mainstream leader to be killed by security forces. Malik belonged to a Congress family, with his father Mohammed Abdullah becoming a Congress sarpanch before militancy erupted in the Valley. Malik’s elder sister Mehbooba Akthar says, “On the day he was killed, police had told us he would be released.

Source: Indian Express December 03, 2016 22:21 UTC