Police on Tuesday arrested separatist leader Asiya Andrabi in Srinagar's Kral Khud area for allegedly instigating youths for stone-pelting.
Andrabi is a leader of the separatist Kashmiri women’s group Dukhtaran-e-Millat.
Police sources said Andrabi had gone underground and was orchestrating violence during the ongoing unrest in the Valley.
They said she has been issuing anti-India and pro-freedom statements all along the 88-day-long unrest here, while there are many pending cases in which she is wanted.
Andrabi has been the only top separatist leader who had been evading arrest so far, with all other separatist leaders being placed under detention in the Valley ever since the present cycle of violence started here on July 9.
She was arrested along with her close associate, Fehmeeda Sofi, local media reported.
Clashes erupted in the Saloora area of Gandarbal in Central Kashmir, after police tried to arrest Asiya Andrabi during a rally.
Kashmir has been on the boil since Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani was killed by security forces during an encounter on July 8.
Separatist leaders have been continuously instigating youth to pelt stones on security forces.
Earlier in 2015, Andrabi was arrested for hoisting the Pakistani flag on August 14.
