A Delhi court on Tuesday granted bail to 22-year-old climate activist Disha Ravi, who was arrested in connection with the toolkit case.
The Delhi Police had accused Ravi of creating the online toolkit – a Google document – in support of ongoing farmers’ protest in the country and claimed she is part of global conspiracy to create unrest and trigger violence in the guise of farmers’ stir against the three agriculture laws.
A ‘toolkit’ is a Google document or Word document often used to organise a social media campaign or to plan protests. A toolkit contains basic information on any issue, tweet suggestions and information on what hashtags to use, whom to tag on social media, etc. These documents are regularly used by various individuals and groups, including political parties, to organise social media campaigns and mobilise crowds.
Earlier today, Ravi was brought to the Delhi Police Cyber Cell office to be confronted with co-accused Nikita Jacob and Shantanu Muluk. Jacob and Muluk had earlier secured transit bail from the Bombay High Court, providing them protection from arrest.
According to the public prosecutor, Ravi had “shifted all the burden onto the co-accused” during questioning. Police also said Jacob and Muluk had joined the investigation only on Monday and they had not had “much time” to question them.
