*NEW DELHI – *

Kashmiri separatist Aasiya Andrabi was today sent to one-month judicialcustody by a Delhi court in connection with a case of allegedly waging waragainst the country with support from Pakistan.

Aasiya Andrabi, who is chief of the banned outfit Dukhtaran-e-Milat, wasproduced before the court along with her two women associates, after theexpiry of their 10-day NIA custody.

District Judge Poonam A Bamba sent the trio to judicial custody after theNIA said they were not required for further custodial interrogation.

The NIA had claimed that a probe revealed that they were running aconcerted campaign to elicit support from the neighbouring country andaccused them of being involved in conspiracy and acts to “severelydestabilize the sovereignty and integrity of India”.

The three accused will be kept in Tihar Central Jail.

Besides Aasiya Andrabi, her associates Sofi Fehmeeda and Nahida Nasreenwere also sent to judicial custody.

The case was registered against the three women in April this year.Advertisement

Aasiya Andrabi was in a prison in Srinagar after the Jammu and Kashmir HighCourt cancelled her bail last month.

The NIA, on directions of the Union Home Ministry, registered a caseagainst them as well as the organisation, which is banned under theUnlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, in April this year.