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  • Toolkit case: Climate activist Disha Ravi to stay back in Delhi for two weeks

    Express News Service
    BENGALURU: Climate activist Disha Ravi will continue to stay in Delhi for the next two weeks. “Disha will be in Delhi for the next 15 days. She may be called by the Delhi police anytime for further questioning. She will be back only after that,” explained Prasanna R, one of Disha Ravi’s lawyer and family friend. Disha was charged with sedition after being arrested on February 13 in connection with a “toolkit” case relating to the farmers’ protest and was granted bail on Tuesday.

    Prasanna said the legalities have been completed, but she may have to assist the Delhi police and also her legal team, and hence she has been asked to stay back. According to Prasanna, Disha has been strictly instructed not to speak to the media till the disposal of the case. “We don’t want any kind of complication and there are strict instructions from her lawyers that she should not speak to the media till the case is disposed of,” Prasanna added. Speaking to TNIE, Disha’s distraught mother Manjula said, “We will have to wait for another 15 days to meet her.

    I am not very sure of what the actual reasons are, but we have been told that she will be back home only after two weeks.” Manjula is still anxious about her daughter, but says she is very proud of her daughter and that justice would be done to her. “My daughter has done no wrong, I know. Getting bail in this case itself proves it. I am sure all this will be over soon,” she said. After Disha’s arrest, many other climate activists have remained mum on the issue.

    Speaking to TNIE , a young climate activist said, “Right now, we don’t want to speak anything. We feel that the police can come after any of us.” However, B T Venkatesh, senior advocate and founder of Reach- Lawyer, a network of human rights advocates, said, “Bail being granted to young activists like Disha and Noudeep Kaur shows that the government cannot silence dissent. Youngsters must definitely speak out and not fear anything or anyone. Revolution doesn’t happen when people are silent.”

  • Climate activist Disha Ravi granted bail in toolkit case after court terms evidence scanty and sketchy

    Express News Service
    NEW DELHI:  A Delhi court on Tuesday granted bail to 22-year-old climate change activist Disha Ravi, who was arrested in connection with the toolkit case, citing scanty and sketchy investigation.

    Additional Sessions Judge Dharmendra Rana said, “Citizens are conscience keepers of government in any democratic nation. They cannot be put behind bars simply because they choose to disagree with the state policies.

    The offence of sedition cannot be invoked to minister to the wounded vanity of the governments.” The 18-page bail order said, “Even our founding fathers accorded due respect to divergence of opinion by recognising the freedom of speech and expression as an inviolable fundamental right.”

    Shortly after bail was granted, another judge, Pankaj Sharma, the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate of the Patiala House Court, disposed of a Delhi Police application seeking Disha’s extended custody.

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    The police had sought four more days of custody. While citing a couplet from Rig Veda, which says ‘let noble thoughts come to me from all directions,’ the judge said, “Difference of opinion, disagreement, divergence, dissent, or for that matter even disapprobation, are recognised legitimate tools to infuse objectivity in state policies. An aware and assertive citizenry, in contradistinction with an indifferent or docile citizenry, is indisputably a sign of a healthy and vibrant democracy.”

    Expressing concern over the sketchy probe, the court said, “Considering the scanty and sketchy evidence available on record, I do not find any palpable reasons to breach the general rule of ‘Bail’ against a 22-year-old young lady, with absolutely blemish-free criminal antecedents and having firm roots in the society, and send her to jail.”

    He also said the police are in the process of collecting more evidence and so they cannot be allowed to further restrict the liberty of a citizen on the basis of propitious anticipations.

    “The resistance to bail plea seems to be more ornamental in nature,” said the judge. 

    ‘Sharing of toolkit is not conspiracy against county’

    The court also ruled that any person with dubious credentials may interact with a number of persons during the course of his social interaction.

    “As long as the engagement/interaction remains within the four corners of law, people interacting with such persons, ignorantly, innocently or for that matter even fully conscious of their dubious credentials, cannot be painted with the same hue.”

    EDITORIAL: Disha Ravi not Mata Hari: Crackdown against toolkit creators over the top

    It also dismissed Delhi Police’s claim that Disha’s sharing of the ‘toolkit’ with Greta Thunberg amounted to conspiring against the country.

    “There are no geographical barriers on communication. A citizen has the fundamental rights to use the best means of imparting and receiving communication, as long as the same is permissible under the four corners of law and as such have access to audience abroad. In my considered opinion, the creation of a WhatsApp group or being editor of an innocuous toolkit is not an offence.”

    The court also dismissed the arguments that Ravi had conspired with the Poetic Justice Foundation (PJF) to defame the country and spread secessionist thought.

    “In the absence of any evidence (that) the accused shared a common purpose to cause violence (on January 26) with the founders of PJF (Poetic Justice Foundation), it cannot be presumed by resorting to surmises or conjectures that she also supported secessionist tendencies,” the order reads.

  • Disha Ravi’s parents are distraught, says advocate

    Express News Service
    BENGALURU: Climate activist Disha Ravi’s parents were “extremely emotionally distraught” after a Delhi court remanded her to judicial custody for three days on Friday. “Her parents thought that on the completion of Disha’s five days in police custody, she would be released and she could return home. They are laypersons and don’t understand the difference between police and judicial custody. Their anxiety has only heightened after she was remanded to judicial custody,” said Disha’s family friend and advocate R Prasanna.

    Her arrest in the farmers’ protest toolkit case has sent shock waves and led to angry reactions from activists, students, human rights organisations among others. Prasanna said that he was expecting that the court would send Disha to judicial custody, given the “nature of the offence she has been charged with, the gravity of the situation and the hype that has been created around it”. 

    Bengaluru lawyers meet Home Minister

    “As a lawyer I was expecting such a court ruling. I, however, appreciate the urgency shown in getting her bail plea listed for hearing tomorrow,” Disha’s family friend and advocate R Prasanna added.Advocate Vinay Sreenivasa called Disha’s arrest “illegal” and stated that it is a “pity that someone is arrested and placed in custody for a crime which has not been committed. The Delhi police FIR has invoked Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code for sedition (against the accused). For sedition, there has to be a call for violence. Where was the call for violence?” questioned Vinay.

    “On the other hand, the irregularities committed by the state in violation of the Constitution and the Criminal Procedure Code are glaring. The Delhi police illegally took Disha and there is no action against them? Instead, a young woman, who has committed no crime is again ordered to be in the custody of the state,” said Vinay. 

    “Disha’s arrest shows a certain lack of political judgement as there doesn’t seem to be any record of seditious activities,” felt Supriya Roy Chowdhury, Visiting Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS). She added that most young activists are “very serious about their ideas, ideals and their work. Their activism remains issue-based. Rarely, such activists are connected to larger political outfits or agendas. Most also remain self-consciously distanced from political parties,” she added.

    Meanwhile, a delegation comprising representatives from Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha, Nammoora Bhoomi Namagirali, People’s Union for  Civil Liberties, All India Students Association, All India Progressive Women’s Association, All India United Trade Union Centre, Campaign Against Hate Speech and also concerned advocates met Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday to share their concerns regarding Disha’s arrest. “We have also sought directions from him regarding our demand that the Bengaluru City Police should register an FIR against Haryana minister Anil Vij for his hate tweet,” said Vinay.

  • Delhi court sends Disha Ravi to three-day judicial custody in Toolkit case

    By PTI
    NEW DELHI: A Delhi court Friday sent climate activist Disha Ravi, arrested for allegedly being involved in sharing a “toolkit” on social media related to the farmers’ protest, to three-day judicial custody.

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

    Police said that her custodial interrogation was not required for the time being and the agency may seek her further interrogation once her co-accused — Shantanu Mukul and Nikita Jacob — join the interrogation.

    Police said Ravi was evasive during her previous interrogation and tried to shift blame on the co-accused.

    Mukul and Jacob have been asked to appear before the investigating agency on February 22, the agency told the court.

    The defence lawyer opposed the police plea and urged the court to release Ravi.

    He further said that there was an apprehension of tampering of the evidence by police as 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 was also informed that the accused has moved a bail application which will come up for hearing on Saturday.

    Last Sunday the court had sent Ravi to five-day police custody after it said her custodial interrogation was required to probe an alleged larger conspiracy against the government of India and to ascertain her alleged role relating to the Khalistan movement.

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

    While seeking her custody, the police had told the court that the activist had allegedly edited the “toolkit” on February 3 and many other people were involved in the matter.

    A “toolkit” is a document created to explain any issue. It also provides information on what one needs to do to address the issue.

    This might include information about petitions, details about protests and mass movements.

    Earlier, the Delhi Police had asked Google and some social media giants to provide information about email id, URLs and certain social media accounts related to the creators of the “toolkit” shared by Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg and others on Twitter in connection with the farmers’ protest.

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

    The case against unnamed persons was registered on charges of criminal conspiracy, sedition and various other sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

    The “toolkit” was aimed at spreading disaffection and ill-will against the government of India and creating disharmony among various social, religious and cultural groups, the police had claimed.

  • Toolkit case: Some media coverage of FIR against Disha Ravi sensational, prejudicial, says Delhi HC

    By PTI
    NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court Friday said certain media coverage of investigation in the FIR against climate activist Disha Ravi for her alleged involvement in sharing a toolkit backing farmers’ protest indicates “sensationalism and prejudicial reporting”, but declined to order removal of any such content at this stage.

    Justice Prathiba M Singh said the interim plea for removal of such news content and tweets by Delhi Police would be considered at a later stage.

    The court, however, asked media houses to ensure that no leaked investigation material is broadcast as it could affect the probe and directed Delhi Police to abide by its stand on affidavit that it has not leaked nor intends to leak any probe details to the press.

    The court also said that police would be entitled to hold press briefings in the matter in accordance with the law and the agency’s 2010 office memorandum with regard to media coverage of cases.

    To media houses, the court said they should ensure the information received from their sources is authentic and only verified content ought to be publicised as also that the investigation is not hampered.

    The court was hearing Ravi’s plea to restrain police from leaking to the media any probe material in relation to the FIR lodged against her.

    The petition also sought to restrain the media from publishing the content or extract of any private chats, including those on WhatsApp, between her and third parties.

    The police, represented by Additional Solicitor General (ASG) S V Raju, placed an affidavit before the court categorically denying leaking of any information to the media.

    It also assured the court that it has no intention of leaking any information to the media.

    The ASG during the hearing said that the possibility of leakage by some officer of the agency cannot be ruled out entirely.

    The court however directed that the police has to abide by its affidavit.

    The media houses, one of them represented by advocate Mrinal Bharti, told the court that the source of information in the present case was the Delhi Police and its tweets.

    ASG Chetan Sharma and central government standing counsel Ajay Digpaul, appearing for the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, told the court that the petition was not maintainable as no complaint was first made to it for taking action against any TV channel or media house for any alleged incorrect reporting of the case.

    The News Broadcasting Standards Authority (NBSA) told the court that it can take any action only if a complaint is made to it regarding the media houses named in the plea.

    It further told the court that media houses named in the plea were members of the News Broadcasters Association (NBA).

    Ravi, in her plea, has said she is “severely aggrieved and prejudiced by the media trial surrounding her arrest and the ongoing investigation, where she is being viscerally attacked by the respondent 1 (police) and several media houses”.

    She has claimed that her arrest from Bengaluru on February 13 by a Cyber Cell team of Delhi Police was “wholly unlawfully and without basis”.

    She has also contended that in the present circumstances, it was “highly likely” that the general public will perceive the news items “as being conclusive as to the guilt of the petitioner (Ravi)”.

    “In these circumstances, and to restrain the respondents from further violating her privacy, her reputation, and her right to a fair trial, the petitioner is moving the present petition,” the plea has said.

    Her petition has alleged that investigative matters have been leaked to the media and the press briefings by the police are “prejudicial” and “grossly violative of her right to a fair trial and presumption of innocence”.

    It has claimed that the police first “leaked investigative material” — like alleged WhatsApp chats — the substance and details of which were only in the possession of the investigating agency.

    Thereafter, the “private alleged WhatsApp chats” were published and disseminated by various media houses which was a violation of the provisions of the Cable Televisions Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995 (CTN Act), the Programme Code and the Uplinking and Downlinking Guidelines, the petition has contended.

    It has also claimed that the “media houses have published one-sided defamatory, suggestive innuendos, and half truths about the petitioner”.

    Ravi’s plea has further contended that the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and the NBSA “have failed to exercise their statutory and self-regulatory powers in ensuring compliance with the Programme Code under the CTN Act and the Code of Ethics of National Broadcasting Standards Association”.

    Delhi Police, probing the “toolkit Google doc” backing the farmers’ agitation shared by climate activist Greta Thunberg, had arrested Ravi while Mumbai lawyer Jacob and Pune engineer Shantanu Muluk have been granted pre-arrest bail by court.

    A Delhi court had on February 14 sent Ravi to five- day police custody after it said her custodial interrogation was required to probe an alleged larger conspiracy against the government of India and to ascertain her alleged role relating to the Khalistan movement.

    A toolkit is a document created to explain any issue.

    It also provides information on what one needs to do to address the issue.

    This might include information about petitions, details about protests and mass movements.

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

  • Toolkit row: Have not leaked anything related to Disha Ravi to media, police tells Delhi HC

    By PTI
    NEW DELHI: Delhi Police Thursday told the Delhi High Court that it has not leaked any material to the media in relation to its probe in the FIR against climate activist Disha Ravi for her alleged involvement in sharing a toolkit backing the ongoing farmers’ protest.

    The court was hearing Ravi’s plea to restrain police from leaking to the media any probe material in relation to the FIR lodged against her.

    The submission was made before Justice Prathiba M Singh by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the police.

    The court asked the police to file an affidavit containing its submission that it has not leaked any material relating to the investigation to the media.

    Since there were no counsels representing the News Broadcasting Standards Authority (NBSA) and some of the media houses named in Ravi’s petition, the court issued notice to them and said it will hear the matter on Friday.

    The petition has also sought to restrain the media from publishing the content or extract of any private chats, including those on WhatsApp, between her and third parties.

    Ravi said she is “severely aggrieved and prejudiced by the media trial surrounding her arrest and the ongoing investigation, where she is being viscerally attacked by the respondent 1 (police) and several media houses”.

    She claimed that her arrest from Bengaluru on February 13 by a Cyber Cell team of Delhi Police was “wholly unlawfully and without basis”.

    She also contended that in the present circumstances, it was “highly likely” that the general public will perceive the news items “as being conclusive as to the guilt of the petitioner (Ravi)”.

    “In these circumstances, and to restrain the respondents from further violating her privacy, her reputation, and her right to a fair trial, the petitioner is moving the present petition,” the plea has said.

    Her petition has alleged that investigative matters have been leaked to the media and the press briefings by the police are “prejudicial” and “grossly violative of her right to a fair trial and presumption of innocence”.

    “The illegal actions and omissions on part of the respondents has irrevocably violated the petitioner’s fundamental right to privacy, her right to reputation, her dignity, and the consequent effect of the administration of justice and right to fair trial,” the petition has said.

    It has claimed that the police first “leaked investigative material” — like alleged WhatsApp chats — the substance and details of which were only in the possession of the investigating agency.

    Thereafter, the “private alleged WhatsApp chats” were publicised and disseminated by various media houses which was a violation of the provisions of the Cable Televisions Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995 (CTN Act), the Programme Code and the Uplinking and Downlinking Guidelines, the petition has contended.

    It has also claimed that the “media houses have published one-sided defamatory, suggestive innuendos, and half truths about the petitioner”.

    Ravi’s plea has further contended that the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and the NBSA “have failed to exercise their statutory and self-regulatory powers in ensuring compliance with the Programme Code under the CTN Act and the Code of Ethics of National Broadcasting Standards Association”.

    Delhi Police, probing the “toolkit Google doc” backing the farmers’ agitation shared by climate activist Greta Thunberg, had arrested Ravi while Mumbai lawyer Jacob and Pune engineer Shantanu Muluk have been granted pre-arrest bail by court.

    A Delhi court had on February 14 sent Ravi to five day police custody after the agency said her custodial interrogation was required to probe an alleged larger conspiracy against the government of India and to ascertain her alleged role relating to the Khalistan movement.

    A toolkit is a document created to explain any issue.

    It also provides information on what one needs to do to address the issue.

    This might include information about petitions, details about protests and mass movements.

    Delhi Police had earlier asked Google and some social media giants to provide information about email ID, URLs and certain social media accounts related to the creators of the toolkit shared by Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg and others on Twitter in connection with the farmers’ protest.

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

    The case against unnamed persons was registered on charges of criminal conspiracy, sedition and various other sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

    The toolkit was aimed at spreading disaffection and ill-will against the government of India and creating disharmony among various social, religious and cultural groups, the police had claimed.

  • Toolkit case: Suspect Nikita Jacob gets transit pre-arrest bail

    By PTI
    MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday granted transit anticipatory bail to advocate Nikita Jacob, a suspect in a case registered by Delhi police in connection with the “toolkit” shared by climate activist Greta Thunberg over the ongoing farmers’ protest.

    Justice P D Naik gave Jacob three weeks’ time to approach the court concerned in Delhi for relief.

    On Tuesday, another suspect in the case, Shantanu Muluk, an engineer based in Maharashtra’s Beed district, was also granted transit anticipatory bail for 10 days by the HC’s Aurangabad bench.

    Jacob and Muluk, who claim to be environmental activists, had approached the HC after a Delhi court issued non-bailable warrants against them.

    According to the Delhi police, the two along with arrested accused Disha Ravi, an activist from Bengaluru, were allegedly involved in preparing the document and were in direct touch with “pro-Khalistani elements”.

    The Delhi police on Monday alleged that Ravi along with Jacob and Shantanu created the toolkit and shared it with others to tarnish India’s image.

  • Toolkit case: Court asks Delhi Police to give FIR copy to Disha Ravi, allows her to talk to family

    By PTI
    NEW DELHI: A court here on Tuesday directed Delhi Police to hand over to 21-year-old climate activist Disha Ravi a copy of the FIR and other documents related to her arrest in connection with allegedly being involved in sharing a “toolkit” on social media on the farmers’ protest and allowed her to speak to her family.

    Besides the FIR, the court also directed the police to provide her the copies of the arrest memo and remand paper which was placed to seek her custodial interrogation.

    The court also permitted her to get warm clothes, masks, and books.

    Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Pankaj Sharma allowed Ravi to speak with her family members over phone for 15 minutes a day and meet with her lawyer for 30 minutes a day, while she is in police custody.

    The court passed the order on an application filed by Ravi through her lawyer.

    The court had on Sunday sent Ravi to five day police custody after the agency said her custodial interrogation was required to probe an alleged larger conspiracy against the government of India and to ascertain her alleged role relating to the Khalistan movement.

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

    While seeking her custody, the police had told the court that the activist had allegedly edited the “toolkit” and many other people were involved in the matter.

    A “toolkit” is a document created to explain any issue.

    It also provides information on what one needs to do to address the issue.

    This might include information about petitions, details about protests and mass movements.

    Earlier, the Delhi Police had asked Google and some social media giants to provide information about email id, URLs and certain social media accounts related to the creators of the “toolkit” shared by Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg and others on Twitter in connection with the farmers’ protest.

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

    The case against unnamed persons was registered on charges of criminal conspiracy, sedition and various other sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

    The “toolkit” was aimed at spreading disaffection and ill-will against the government of India and creating disharmony among various social, religious and cultural groups, the police had claimed.

  • Prakash Karat demands immediate release of activist Disha Ravi arrested ‘toolkit’ controversy

    By ANI
    NEW DELHI: Senior CPI-M leader and the party politburo member Prakash Karat on Monday slammed the Narendra Modi government on the arrest of activist Disha Ravi and alleged that Delhi Police is acting under the direction of the Union Home Minister, adding that such prosecution of a young activist must stop.

    Speaking to ANI, Karat said that the arrest of Disha Ravi on charges of sedition and criminal conspiracy is an atrocious act by the Delhi Police. “She is a young environmental activist and what she has done is to extend support to the farmers. The toolkit which is supposed to be forwarded on the internet is nothing but a guideline on how to mobilise support for the farmers,” he said.

    “The Modi government has become paranoid. It is not willing to tolerate any activism or dissent. So we demand that Disha Ravi be forthwith released and the charges against her withdrawn. The Delhi Police is acting under the directions of the Union Home Minister. Such prosecution of a young activist must immediately stop,” said Karat.

    The senior CPI-M leader further said, “Who is Greta? She is a well-known environmental activist, just like Disha is. The “toolkit” explains how support can be mobilised for farmers, what is wrong with it? As I said, this is a part of a democratic movement or activity. How do you mobilise support for the farmers? The allegations are totally baseless.”

    21-year-old “climate activist” Disha Ravi has been sent to five days police custody for allegedly editing and disseminating the “toolkit” on social media. She was arrested by the Delhi Police cyber cell from Bengaluru on Saturday for her alleged role in spreading a “toolkit” related to the farmers’ protest.

    A Delhi court on Sunday remanded Disha to five days of police custody following her arrest in connection with allegedly spreading a “toolkit” related to the farmers’ protest. Duty Metropolitan Magistrate Dev Saroha of Patiala House Courts Complex allowed Delhi Police to quiz Ravi for five days. She was arrested on Saturday.

    Last week, the Delhi Police sent a communication to Google seeking registration details and activity log of the account through which a “toolkit” related to the farmers’ protest was created and uploaded on the social media platform.

    Two e-mail IDs, one Instagram account, and one Uniform Resource Locator (URL) were mentioned in the toolkit and police have asked for details from the respective platforms.

    The police had registered an FIR against unidentified persons in connection with the creators of the “toolkit’.  

  • Unarmed Disha strikes fear among those who have weapons: Priyanka Gandhi on arrest of activist

    By ANI
    NEW DELHI: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday came out in support of climate activist Disha Ravi who was arrested by Delhi police over the “toolkit” controversy related to farmers’ protest on social media and said that the unarmed girl has struck fear among those who are armed with guns.

    “People with guns are afraid of an unarmed girl. Rays of courage and hope are being spread through an unarmed girl #ReleaseDishaRavi #DishaRavi #IndiaBeingSilenced,” tweeted the Congress leader.

    Several political leaders slammed Delhi Police for arresting 21-year-old climate activist Disha Ravi from Bengaluru and termed her arrest as “unwarranted harassment, unfortunate and shocking”.

    She was arrested for allegedly editing and disseminating the “toolkit” on social media.

    Another Congress leader P Chidambaram said, “The Indian state must be standing on very shaky foundations if Disha Ravi, a 22-year-old student of Mount Carmel College and a climate activist, has become a threat to the nation.”

    “A ‘tool kit’ to support the farmers’ protest is more dangerous than the intrusion by Chinese troops into Indian territory! India is becoming the theatre of the absurd and it is sad that the Delhi Police has become a tool of the oppressors,” he added.

    A Delhi court on Sunday remanded Disha to five days of police custody following her arrest in connection with allegedly spreading a “toolkit” related to the farmers’ protest. Duty Metropolitan Magistrate Dev Saroha of Patiala House Courts Complex allowed Delhi Police to quiz Ravi for five days. She was arrested on Saturday.

    According to the Delhi Police officials, Disha is a key conspirator in the “toolkit” case as she had admitted during the initial interrogation to editing, adding some things in the “toolkit” and spreading it further.

    Last week, the Delhi Police sent a communication to Google seeking registration details and activity log of the account through which a “toolkit” related to the farmers’ protest was created and uploaded on the social media platform.

    Two e-mail IDs, one Instagram account, and one Uniform Resource Locator (URL) were mentioned in the toolkit and police have asked for details from the respective platforms.

    The police had registered an FIR against unidentified persons in connection with the creators of the “toolkit’.