Woman separatist leader Asiya Andrabi arrested in Srinagar

Srinagar: Chief of women's radical group Asiya Andrabi 'Dukhtaran-e-Milat' (Daughters of the Faith) was arrested on Friday in Srinagar in connection with waiving Pakistani flags and addressing a meeting convened by Hafiz Saeed-led Jamat-ud Dawa in Pakistan through a telephonic conference.

Police said Asiya Andrabi was picked up by a posse of policemen from her house in Soura locality.

"She has been lodged in the women's police station at Rambagh", a senior police officer told IANS.

Asiya had called for a protest march on Friday against the killings of three youths, whose bullet-ridden bodies were found on Monday from an apple orchard in Pattan area of Kashmir's Baramulla district.

Police have lodged many FIRs in the past against Asiya on charges of displaying a Pakistani flag and stoking anti-national feelings.

(with inputs from IANS)