The police have alleged that Disha Ravi was the one who shared the toolkit document with Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg.
Disha Ravi has been arrested by the Delhi Police for allegedly sharing the toolkit related to the farmers’ protests against Centre’s agricultural laws on social media. This 21-year-old climate activist Disha Ravi was arrested by the cyber crime unit of Delhi Police from her home in North Bengaluru on Saturday.
It is alleged by the police that Ravi was the one who shared the toolkit document with Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg. They also said that she is a key conspirator in the formulation and dissemination of the document that “indicates a copycat execution of a conspiracy behind the January 26 violence.”
Tweets by the Delhi Police
The Delhi Police tweeted that “She started WhatsApp Group & collaborated to make the Toolkit doc. She worked closely with them to draft the Doc.” Another tweet said, “In this process, they all collaborated with pro Khalistani Poetic Justice Foundation to spread disaffection against the Indian State.”
They added that Ravi later asked Greta to remove the main document after its incriminating details accidentally got into the public domain. “This is many times more than the 2 lines editing that she claims,” the Delhi Police wrote on Twitter.
Who is Disha Ravi? How is she associated with Greta Thunberg?
Disha Ravi is a 21-year graduate from Mount Carmel College in Bengaluru. She is a part of a climate activist group called ‘Fridays for Future’, which was started by Greta Thunberg in 2018. Disha Ravi heads the organization in the country as she started the India wing of Fridays For Future in 2019.
The activist coordinated various campaigns across India on climate change. She also organized protests in Bengaluru on climate issues and wrote in different media across the world on adverse impacts of climate change.
What motivated Ravi?
Her grandparents were farmers and their struggle with the effect pf climate change motivated Disha Ravi to become a climate activist.
A friend of Disha Ravi said “She was very vocal about her views on climate change and the issues she felt about strongly,”.
What has Disha Ravi been booked for?
The activist Disha has been remanded by the court for five days in police custody on Sunday. Disha Ravi has been booked for sedition, promoting enmity and criminal conspiracy over her alleged involvement in the ‘toolkit’ being investigated by the Delhi Police.
What is a toolkit?
A toolkit is a social media document which elucidates an issue and action plans. Greta Thunberg had tweeted it while she extended her support to the ongoing farmers’ protest. The ministry of electronics and information technology cautioned Twitter earlier. They said that toolkit was proof that a strong social media campaign was being planned outside India and Twitter was one of its platforms for mobilization.
Support pours in for Disha Ravi
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha, former environment minister Jairam Ramesh and several activists from across the country on Sunday criticized the arrest of the 21-year-old climate activist.
The Coalition for Environmental Justice in India called the Delhi Police’s action “sinister” as there is no disclosure about her whereabouts. It released a statement signed by at least 78 activists from across the country which said the police’s action “can be termed extra-judicial abduction”.
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