Ms. Jacob’s appeal for four weeks of arrest security will be heard today by the Bombay High Court just a day after the Delhi Police released warrants for arrest towards activists Nikita Jacob and Shantanu Muluk in the case regarding a digital document or a “toolkit”. This was posted by teen climate campaigner Greta Thunberg in favor of farmers’ protests. All three created, compiled, and shared the Google document, the Delhi Police said.
Before Republic Day, imprisoned activist Disha Ravi, 22, and the two more activists held a Video conference via Zoom to prepare a social media buzz. On Monday, the Delhi police told that his buzz was on the tractor rally of the farmers.
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Nikita Jacob demanded a copy of the FIR (First Information Report) in her request application for security from arrest. She alleged that the Delhi Cops arrived at her home in Mumbai last Thursday. They were with a search warrant and confiscated gadgets and documents. With a plea for immunity from detention, Mr. Muluk also approached the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court. They are both faced with charges that are not bailable.
Police in Delhi said Ms. Jacob and Mr. Muluk were not found at their homes in Mumbai and the Beed of Maharashtra, respectively. They said that Ms. Jacob, Ms. Ravi, and Mr. Muluk had been put in contact with the Poetic Justice Foundation from a Canadian woman, named Puneet. It is an agency that has Khalistani ties. They had a video conference via Zoom on January 11, the police said.
The arrest orders against the arrest of Ms. Ravi, a Bengaluru college graduate, and climate activist, on counts of conspiracy and incitement, have occurred at a time when the rage is plunging. On Sunday, she was arrested from her home in Bengaluru and produced without her lawyers in a Delhi court. However, the court offered her legal help.
“I did not make the Toolkit. We wanted to support the farmers. I edited two lines on February 3,” Ms. Ravi told the court. She was ordered to sent to police custody by the court for 5 days.
