Abdullah�s detention will not be in interest of country�s integrity: Moily

NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader Veerappa Moily on Wednesday said the detention of former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah under the Public Safety Act was �shocking� and asserted that the move will not be in the interest of the country�s integrity.Abdullah has been detained under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA), which enables authorities to detain any individual for two years without trial.The 81-year-old patron of the National Conference has been under house arrest since August 5 when the Centre announced abrogation of the special status given to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 and bifurcation of the state into Union territories.�The detention Farooq Abdullah former Chief Minister and Member of Parliament of Jammu and Kashmir under Public Safety Act is quite shocking,� Moily said in a statement.�Farooq Abdullah is a great patriot and he and his father are responsible for retaining Jammu and Kashmir including Ladakh within the territory of India,� the former Union minister said.Abdullah along with many political leaders, has always kept the democratic ethos intact, he said.�Hence, his detention will not be in the interest of the integrity of the country,� Moily said. (agencies)