Greta Thunberg now tweets in help of Disha Ravi, arrested in toolkit case

Image Source : PTI Greta Thunberg tweets in help of Disha Ravi, arrested in toolkit case. 
Environment activist Greta Thunberg, who had lately commented on the continued farmers protest in India and shared the toolkit, on Friday tweeted in favour of local weather activist Disha Ravi.

Taking to the micro-blogging web site, Greta Thunberg wrote, “Freedom of speech and the right to peaceful protest and assembly are non-negotiable human rights. These must be a fundamental part of any democracy. #StandWithDishaRavi” Greta mentioned this whereas responding to a tweet put out by Fridays For Future, that additionally spoke out in favour of Disha Ravi.

Earlier within the day, Disha Ravi was despatched to 3-day judicial custody by Patiala House Court in Delhi. Disha, who was arrested within the toolkit case, throughout police remand blamed different two co-accused Shantanu and Nikita, the Delhi Police knowledgeable right this moment including that she’s going to now be confronted in entrance of Shantanu as a part of the investigation.

Disha Ravi despatched to 3-day judicial custody

A Delhi court docket right this moment despatched local weather activist Disha Ravi, arrested for allegedly being concerned in sharing a “toolkit” on social media associated to the farmers’ protest, to three-day judicial custody.

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Akash Jain despatched Ravi, 21, to jail after Delhi Police produced her earlier than the court docket on expiry of her five-day custodial interrogation.

Police mentioned that her custodial interrogation was not required in the interim and the company might search her additional interrogation as soon as her co-accused — Shantanu Mukul and Nikita Jacob — be part of the interrogation. Police mentioned Ravi was evasive throughout her earlier interrogation and tried to shift blame on the co-accused.

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Mukul and Jacob have been requested to look earlier than the investigating company on February 22, the company advised the court docket. The defence lawyer opposed the police plea and urged the court docket to launch Ravi.

He additional mentioned that there was a fear of tampering of the proof by police because the “case diary is not properly made… and in volume form. There’s no ground to keep her in any custody, police custody or judicial custody. I (Ravi) ought to be released right now”.

The court docket was additionally knowledgeable that the accused has moved a bail software which can come up for listening to on Saturday.

Last Sunday the court docket had despatched Ravi to five-day police custody after it mentioned her custodial interrogation was required to probe an alleged bigger conspiracy towards the federal government of India and to determine her alleged function referring to the Khalistan motion.

Ravi, arrested by a Cyber Cell workforce of the Delhi Police from Bengaluru on Saturday, was produced earlier than a court docket right here and police had sought her seven days’ custody.

While in search of her custody, the police had advised the court docket that the activist had allegedly edited the “toolkit” on February 3 and lots of different individuals had been concerned within the matter.

What is a toolkit?

A “toolkit” is a doc created to elucidate any challenge. It additionally supplies data on what one must do to handle the problem. This may embody details about petitions, particulars about protests and mass actions.

Earlier, the Delhi Police had requested Google and a few social media giants to supply details about e mail id, URLs and sure social media accounts associated to the creators of the “toolkit” shared by Swedish local weather activist Greta Thunberg and others on Twitter in reference to the farmers’ protest.

The Cyber Cell had lodged an FIR towards “pro-Khalistan” creators of the “toolkit” for waging a “social, cultural and economic war against the government of India”.

The case towards unnamed individuals was registered on prices of prison conspiracy, sedition and varied different sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

The “toolkit” was aimed toward spreading disaffection and ill-will towards the federal government of India and creating disharmony amongst varied social, spiritual and cultural teams, the police had claimed.

(With inputs from PTI, IANS)

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