The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested Dukhtaran-e-Milat (Daughters of Faith) chief Asiya Andrabi and two of her associates identified as Nahida Nasreen and Sofi Fahmeeda. All three have been brought from They have been Central Jail in Sringar to New Delhi.
Separatist leader Asiya Andrabi was arrested in a new case registered by NIA in May this year for secessionist activity and waging war against India. Though she has been named in Kashmir terror funding case, the NIA for the first time will seek custody of separatist leader Asiya Andrabi to interrogate her. The trio will be produced in NIA special court in New Delhi’s Patiala House.
This is one of the first key arrests by the anti-terror agency since Governor’s Rule was imposed in Jammu and Kashmir. Asiya and her aides were in jail after their bail was rejected in case related to instigation of mob leading to organised stone-pelting in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district.
All three have been charged under Indian Penal Code (IPC) Sections 120B, 121, 121A, 124A, 153A, 153B and 505, and Sections 18, 20, 38 and 39 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.
According to NIA, Aasiya Andrabi runs terrorist outfit Dukhtaran-E-Millat (DeM) with the help of her associates Sofi Fehmeeda and Nahida Nasreen. The DeM is proscribed under the First Schedule of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.
The NIA claims that Asiya Andrabi has been using various media platforms to spread insurrectionary imputations and hateful speeches that endanger the integrity, security and sovereignty of India. The DeM advocates secession of Jammu and Kashmir from India.
Aasiya Andrabi has connection with other proscribed terrorist organisations that challenge India’s territorial integrity, the NIA said. The DeM has also called for jihad and use of violence against India.
