The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday filed a chargesheet against banned terror group Dukhtaran-E-Millat's chief Aasiya Andrabi and her associates, Sofi Fehmeeda and Naheeda Nasreen, before a designated court here for allegedly waging war against the country.
Andrabi and her associates Sofi Fehmeeda and Naheeda Nasreen were actively running a terrorist organisation Dukhtaran-E-Millat which is proscribed under the First Schedule to the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. DEM as a terrorist organisation is engaged in Anti-India activities and has been inciting the general populace of Kashmir for an armed rebellion against the Government of India with aid and assistance of terrorist organisations based in Pakistan, the NIA said.
"The three accused persons were using various media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, TV Channels including those in Pakistan to spread insurrectionary imputations and hateful messages and speeches against India. DEM through Aasiya Andrabi and others, openly advocates secession of Jammu & Kashmir from the Union of India and its merger with Pakistan through violent means," the NIA said in a statement.
A case was registered by the NIA on April 27 this year under various Indian Penal Code Sections relating to criminal conspiracy, waging war against the nation and under provisions of the anti-terror law Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.
The trio was arrested by NIA on July 6 in connection with the case and is since lodged in the Tihar Jail here.
"Investigation has established that Aasiya Andrabi is heading Dukhtaran-E-Millat as its Chief and has used social media and other platforms to abet waging of war against Government of India. She is spreading seditious and insurrectionary imputations against Government of India. She is promoting ill-will and enmity between different communities in India on ground of religion. Investigation has also established that she has close contacts with designated Global Terrorist Hafeez Mohammad Saeed who is head of Jamaat-Ud-Dawah (JuD) and Lashkar-E-Toiba (LeT), internationally designated terrorist organisations that are based in Pakistan," the NIA further said.
Andrabi has used public platforms to incite youth of Kashmir to rise in armed insurrection against the Government of India with an object of achieving cessation of Kashmir from India and its merger with Pakistan, the agency said in its chargesheet.
The agency said investigation has also established that Sofi Fehmeeda, as Personal Secretary to Chief of DEM and also Press Secretary of Dukhtaran-E-Millat, and Naheeda Nasreen as its General Secretary have been instrumental in the use of social media and other platforms for abetment of waging war against the Indian Government besides spreading seditious and insurrectionary imputations against it, and are promoting ill-will and enmity between different communities in India on grounds of religion.