New Delhi, Feb 14: A 22-year-old climate activist has been arrested from Bengaluru for allegedly sharing with Greta Thunberg the “toolkit” related to the farmer’s protest against the Centre’s three agri laws, police said on Sunday.
The Delhi Police claimed that Disha Ravi, who was arrested by a Cyber Cell team of the force on Saturday, was an editor of the “toolkit Google doc” and “key conspirator” in the document’s formulation and dissemination.
Police alleged that Ravi and others “collaborated with pro-khalistani Poetic Justice Foundation to spread disaffection against the Indian State.”
“She was the one who shared the toolkit doc with Greta Thunberg,” the Delhi Police claimed in a tweet. Thunberg, a teen climate activist, had shared the “toolkit” to lend her support to the farmers’ agitation against the three farm reform laws. In the document, various urgent actions, including creating a Twitter storm and protesting outside Indian embassies, were listed which were needed to be taken to support the farmers’ protest.
The toolkit has been cited by some critics as a “proof” of her conspiracy to fuel protests in India.
Ravi was picked up from her house for questioning and later arrested, a senior police officer said, adding that this was the first arrest in connection with “toolkit case”.
A graduate in Bachelor of Business Administration from a private college in Bengaluru, Ravi is also one of the founding members of a group named ‘Fridays For Future India’, police said.
“In connection with a case regarding the investigation into the criminal conspiracy related to the toolkit document, Disha Ravi has been arrested from Bengaluru.
“She was one of the editors of the toolkit Google doc and a key conspirator in the document’s formulation and dissemination,” said Anil Mittal, Additional Public Relations Officer (Delhi Police) in a statement.
She was produced before a Delhi court here on Sunday and remanded to police custody for five days, he said, adding that further investigation is in progress. (PTI)
