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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4207588.stm
Kashmir vice-vigilante women held
Police in Indian controlled Kashmir have arrested the leader and six other members of an all-women separatist group fighting against 'obscenity'.
The seven women were arrested after raiding a restaurant in Srinagar.
The Maryam Squad of the Dukhtaran-e-Milat (Daughters of the Nation) had launched a campaign against alcohol and prostitution in the state.
Asiya Andrabi is a well-known separatist leader. She has previously spent a year in jail.
"Asiya was arrested when she assaulted a married woman who with her husband at the restaurant," senior police officer Muneer Khan told Reuters.
"Who are they to impose their code of conduct?" he asked.
Kashmir vice-vigilante women held
Police in Indian controlled Kashmir have arrested the leader and six other members of an all-women separatist group fighting against 'obscenity'.
The seven women were arrested after raiding a restaurant in Srinagar.
The Maryam Squad of the Dukhtaran-e-Milat (Daughters of the Nation) had launched a campaign against alcohol and prostitution in the state.
Asiya Andrabi is a well-known separatist leader. She has previously spent a year in jail.
"Asiya was arrested when she assaulted a married woman who with her husband at the restaurant," senior police officer Muneer Khan told Reuters.
"Who are they to impose their code of conduct?" he asked.
