Toolkit Case: Greta Thunberg Lends Support To Disha Ravi After Delhi Court Extends Indian Activist's Judicial Custody

Disha was produced before the court on Friday amid high security at the end of her five-days police custody for allegedly being involved in sharing a document (toolkit) on social media related to the farmers' protest. 

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New Delhi: Hours after the Delhi Patiala House Court granted three-day judicial custody of Disha Ravi to Delhi Police in connection with the 'toolkit' case, Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg took to Twitter and extended her support for the the Indian activist. "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," Greta tweeted with the hashtag #StandWithDishaRavi.

Earlier in the day, Disha was produced before the court amid high security at the end of her five-days police custody for allegedly being involved in sharing a document (toolkit) on social media related to the farmers' protest. 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">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. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/StandWithDishaRavi?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel='nofollow'>#StandWithDishaRavi</a> <a href="https://t.co/fhM4Cf1jf1" rel='nofollow'>https://t.co/fhM4Cf1jf1</a></p>&mdash; Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) <a href="https://twitter.com/GretaThunberg/status/1362776897436979208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel='nofollow'>February 19, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

The Delhi Police on Friday told a city court that climate activist Disha Ravi has been evasive in giving replies during the interrogation and shifted the blame onto co-accused Nikita Jacob and Shantanu Muluk. During the hearing, public prosecutor said that Disha has to be confronted with the co-accused that is why Police need 3-day judicial custody.

Last Sunday, the Delhi court had granted a five-day custody after the Police 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.

Police have alleged that the unfolding of events during the Republic Day violence which broke out during farmers' tractor parade in national capital over agri laws, allegedly revealed copycat execution of the 'action plan' detailed in the 'toolkit'.