The Greta Thunberg toolkit case is bringing new twists and turns in the case after the 21-year-old activist Disha Ravi was arrested from Bengaluru. While the opposition has been claiming that she is just a climate activist, the Delhi Crime branch revealed that she was the editor of the ‘toolkit’ Google Doc and a key conspirator in the document’s formulation and dissemination.
Delhi crime branch has also issued a nonbailable warrant against lawyer-activist Nikita Jacob and her associate Shantanu who are absconding after the warrant was issued. Delhi Police said that Disha Ravi, Nikita Jacob, and Shantanu held a Zoom meeting before Republic Day to plan a social media buzz on the tractor rally. Police said that the intention behind the January 26 violence by protesting farmers in New Delhi was to do a “digital strike” and propagate a “toolkit” to malign the image of India.
Nikita Jacob has approached the Bombay High Court for protection from arrest for four weeks. Shantanu has moved the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court seeking transit anticipatory bail. Both the matters will be held today.
The police said Puneet, a Canada-based woman, had put Nikita Jacob, Disha Ravi, and Shantanu in touch with Poetic Justice Foundation, an organisation with Khalistani links. They had a zoom meeting on January 11.
Nikita Jacob’s name in the screenshot of the toolkit- Delhi Police
CP Premnath, Joint Commissioner of Delhi Police Cyber ​​Cell, said that Nikita’s name came up when the investigation into the toolkit case started and other social media platforms in Google sought information regarding the toolkit. The police received several screenshots of the toolkit in which Nikita Jacob’s name came up. On 9 February, the police issued search warrants to Nikita Jacob’s house and left for Mumbai.
On February 11, the police team questioned Nikita Jacob, and her 2 laptops and 1 mobile phone were also investigated. An undertaking was also taken from her that whenever further investigation would be required, she would cooperate. But Nikita Jacob has been absconding since then. Police also got some necessary answers and on 13 February Disha Ravi was arrested from Bangalore. Disha had shared the toolkit with Greta Thunberg on Telegram and then deleted the WhatsApp group created to spread it. “Due procedure was followed when Disha was arrested. She was arrested in the presence of her mother and the SHO,” they said. Disha’s Telegram account has also revealed that other social media accounts associated with the toolkit were also deleted. a
After Disha’s arrest, Delhi Police issued a non-bailable warrant against the other 2 authors of the toolkit.
Pieter Friedrich is a partner of Khalistani terrorist Bhajan Singh Bhinder
Delhi Police also revealed a new name in this whole case-Pieter Friedrich. Delhi Police said that Pieter Friedrich was responsible for planning the hashtags, which personalities to tag, and how to propagate the contents of the toolkit, they said. Friedrich has been on the radars of Indian security agencies since 2006, they added. “Pieter is an associate of BS Bhinder…Whether Disha and Nikita were in touch with Pieter directly or not is subject to investigation,” they said.
Pieter Friedrich is a companion of Khalistani terrorist Bhajan Singh Bhinder. Bhajan Singh has also worked for ISI. Joint Commissioner of Police Premnath said that to get this tool kit ready, Poetic Justice Foundation co-founder Mo Dhaliwal had a meeting with Nikita, Disha Ravi, Shantanu, and a few others through the Zoom app on 11 January. In this meeting, it was decided that before 26 January, by creating a digital strike, to create an atmosphere of instability within the country under the guise of the farmer movement. The result of this was that violence took place during the farmers’ tractor rally in Delhi on 26 January.
