Nikita Jacob Arrest Warrant: Warrants are out against activists Nikita
Jacob and Shantanu and they face charges that are not bailable. Nikita Jacob
has approached the Bombay High Court for protection from arrest for four weeks.
New Delhi: After 22-year-old Disha Ravi's arrest, two more
activists are wanted by the police in the case involving a "toolkit"
shared by climate campaigner Greta Thunberg in support of the farmer protests.
Warrants are out against activists Nikita Jacob and Shantanu and they face
charges that are not bailable. Nikita Jacob has approached the Bombay High
Court for protection from arrest for four weeks. All three prepared the
"toolkit" google document and shared it, Delhi Police said today,
adding that investigations are focusing on a zoom call between the activists to
plan for a campaign ahead of the Republic Day farmers' tractor rally.
Here's your 10-point cheatsheet to this big story:
1.The
police claim according to their investigations, the organisation behind the
"toolkit" shared by Greta Thunberg - Poetic Justice - had contacted
Nikita Jacob to organise a "tweet storm" ahead of the Republic Day
protest by farmers. The organisation is a Khalistani group, the police say.
2.Disha
Ravi, Nikita Jacob and Shantanu were present on a Zoom call with Poetic Justice
and others allegedly to plan their campaign ahead of the tractor rally by
farmers on January 26, the Delhi Police told reporters.
3. 3.In her request for protection from arrest, Nikita Jacob has
asked for a copy of the FIR and has alleged that the Delhi Police came to her
Mumbai home last Thursday with a search warrant and seized gadgets and
documents.
4.In her request for protection from arrest, Nikita Jacob has
asked for a copy of the FIR and has alleged that the Delhi Police came to her
Mumbai home last Thursday with a search warrant and seized gadgets and
documents.
5.She has been
accused of playing a key role in editing the toolkit document and its
circulation. Disha Ravi is reportedly a part of Greta Thunberg's Fridays for
Future campaign. The Delhi Police said besides preparing the ''toolkit'' google
document, she sent it to Greta Thunberg through the Telegram app.
6."I did not
make the Toolkit. We wanted to support the farmers. I edited two lines on
February 3," Disha Ravi, a graduate of Mount Carmel college, told the
court. The court sent her to police custody until the next hearing five days
later.
7.In a post, senior
lawyer Rebecca John has alleged "shocking abdication of judicial
duties". According to her, the magistrate at Delhi's Patiala House court
failed to ensure that Disha Ravi had legal representation in court.
8."Deeply
disappointed by the conduct of the duty magistrate who remanded a young woman
to five days in police custody, without first ensuring that she was being
represented by counsel. Magistrates must take their duties of remand seriously
and ensure that the mandate of Article 22 of the constitution is scrupulously
followed," she said.
9.Several opposition
parties and activists have condemned the arrest. "Completely atrocious!
This is unwarranted harassment and intimidation. I express my full solidarity
with Disha Ravi," tweeted Congress's Jairam Ramesh.
10.Thousands of
farmers have been protesting since November on highways outside Delhi against
three central laws. On January 26 Republic Day, a tractor rally dissolved into
chaos and clashes when the protesters broke through barricades and even stormed
the Red Fort.
11.On February 3, Greta
Thunberg had tweeted a "toolkit" to show support for the farmers'
Republic Day protest. She later deleted the tweet, posting an updated one. The
police say the "toolkit" was aimed at waging a cultural war against the
government and creating divisions among various groups. The government also hit
out at "sensationalist social media hashtags and comments" by
celebrities following posts from Greta Thunberg and pop singer Rihanna, who
also tweeted in support of the farmer protests.
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