Kashmir: Asiya Andrabi and Two Others Found Guilty in Terrorism Case

NIA Court of Additional Sessions Judge Chander Jit Singh in Delhi on Wednesday convicted Asiya Andrabi, chief of the banned Kashmiri outfit Dukhtaran-e-Millat (DEM), and two of her associates, Sofi Fehmida and Nahida Nasreen, in a terror case lodged under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).

The quantum of sentence will decided on 17 January.

Andrabi and two aides were arrested in 2018 April for allegedly using various platforms to spread “insurrectionary imputations and hateful speeches” that “endangered the integrity, security, and sovereignty of India.”

In February 2021, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) court had framed terrorism, sedition, UAPA and other charges against Andrabi and her two associates for allegedly waging war against the government of India and conspiring to commit terror acts in the country.

The court had framed charges under sections 120-B (criminal conspiracy), 121 (waging war against the Government of India), 121-A (conspiracy to wage war against Government of India), 124-A (sedition), 153-A (promoting enmity between different groups), 153-B (imputations, assertions prejudicial to national-integration) and 505 (statements conducing to public mischief) of the IPC.

It had also framed charges under sections 18 (conspires or attempts to commit, or advocates, abets, advises or incites terror act), 20 (being member of terrorist gang or organisation), 38 (offence relating to membership of a terrorist organisation) and 39 (offence relating to support given to a terrorist organisation) under UAPA Act.

In September last year, the court had rejected NIA’s plea to submit additional evidence against Andrabi and her associates through a supplementary chargesheet after final arguments in the trial had been concluded.

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