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.
Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (JKPDP) President Mehbooba Mufti has announced the dissolution of the party's entire structure with immediate effect.
NC, Congress, CPI(M) and Panthers Party had sealed a pre-poll alliance and the PDP was kept out. However, the Panthers Party was unable to win the lone seat that was spared for it.
PDP was kept out of seat sharing in the recently held general and assembly elections by the NC.
Congress candidate from the Rajouri Assembly constituency, Iftikhar Ahmed said that the National Conference and Congress alliance will receive better results than what is being projected by the exit polls and exuded confidence of INDIA bloc forming a government with two-third majority in the Union Territory.
The BJP, according to the same poll, is expected to win between 27 and 32 seats, with all their seats likely coming from the Jammu region.
