MEA spokesperson’s response to media queries regarding statement made by Pakistan on judicial matters concerning a banned terrorist organisation
Randhir Jaiswal said:
"We categorically reject the statement issued by Pakistan in support of a banned terrorist organization and its members. Pakistan has no locus standi to comment on matters internal to India or its judicial processes."
"However, one is not surprised that a country, which has long been sponsoring terrorism, has come up with such a statement condoning violence and killing of innocent people. Instead of peddling lies and frivolous narratives, Pakistan should introspect on the grave and systematic human rights violations it continues to perpetrate," he said.
A Delhi court on March 24 had sentenced Kashmiri separatist Asiya Andrabi to life imprisonment following her conviction in an Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) case.
Additional Sessions Judge Chander Jit Singh announced the verdict on Andrabi after concluding the arguments on the quantum of sentence.
The court also sentenced two associates of Andrabi, Sofi Fehmeeda and Nahida Nasreen, who were also convicted for 30 years in prison in the same case.
Earlier on January 14, Andrabi, Fehmeeda and Nasreen were convicted under the offences of UAPA for being members of a terrorist gang or terrorist organisation, for an offence relating to membership of a terrorist organisation and for supporting a terrorist organisation.
Following her conviction, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) had sought life imprisonment for Andrabi, saying she had waged war against India, and a stern message was required to be sent that conspiring against the State would invite the harshest penalty.
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