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*New Delhi: *
Kashmiri leader Aasiya Andrabi, who was brought to the Delhi headquartersof the National Investigation Agency, has been undergoing questioning,investigators said. The 56-year-old chief of the banned Dukhtaran-E-Milat(daughters of the nation) has been lodged in the NIA lock-up. Every fewhours, a new set of women interrogators arrive to quiz her on herassociation with Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Saeed and why she always takessuch hardline position against India.
Aasiya Andrabi – accused of being a key motivator of the students’ protestsin Kashmir valley following the death of Burhan Wani in 2016 – was arrestedin April. She was brought to Delhi from a Srinagar jail for questioningafter the agency got her custody for 10 days on Fridaylink>.
Investigators say Aasiya Andrabi openly affiliated with Lashkar chief HafizSaeedlink>foryears, but she never had to face the law. “She addressed a rally of HafizSaeed on telephone. He calls her his sister,” an officer associated withthe investigation said.
A scrutiny of Aasiya Andrabi’s Twitter handle reveals that many Lashkaroperatives are her followers. “Some of them are active militants based inKashmir Valley, an officer said.
The NIA, he said, is translating her tweets, which are mostly written inUrdu. “She openly tweets anti-India sentiments,” an officer said.
The NIA dossier on her reads: “By their activities on cyberspace, they wererunning a concerted campaign to solicit support of Pakistani establishment.