Farooq Abdullah Neither Detained Nor Arrested

New Delhi: With a few members in the Lok Sabha raising concerns over the absence of Farooq Abdullah and wanting to know from the government if the National Conference MP was safe, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Tuesday that the veteran J&K leader was perfectly fine and was staying back out of his own free will.

Shah said Abdullah was neither under house arrest, nor was he detained.

“I’m saying this for the fourth time, and I have the patience to say it for the 10th time, Farooq Abdullah has neither been detained, nor arrested,” the Home Minister said in the Lok Sabha during discussions on the resolution revoking Article 370 and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill, 2019.

Shah’s comments came after Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) member Supriya Sule said that Abdullah used to sit next to him in the House but he was not there and his voice was not being heard. (IANS)

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