Disha Ravi, Nikita Jacob, Shantanu created toolkit: Delhi Police
Prem Nath, Joint CP Cyber Cell
Climate activist Disha Ravi and lawyer Nikita Jacob created the toolkit related to the farmers’ protest against the Modi government’s three farm laws, Delhi Police said on Monday. According to Prem Nath, Joint CP Cyber Cell, said that many screenshots of the toolkit were available on open source and were investigated.
He said that when probe was able to fetch enough information, a search warrant was obtained from court on February 9 against Nikita Jacob. Nikita, one of the editors of the toolkit google document, is a lawyer by profession. Nath said that a police team reached Mumbai and conducted searches at her Nikita’s residence on February 11.
“She (Nikita) and her associates Shantanu and Disha Ravi had created the doc. The email account created by Shantanu is the owner of this document and all others are its editors,” the cop said. Earlier today, police informed that a NBW has been issued against her.
On the arrest of climate activist Disha Ravi, 21, Nath said that she was taken into custody in presence of her mother, area SHO in Bengaluru and that due procedure was followed.
According to Nath, it was Disha Ravi who sent the ‘toolkit’ document to teen climate activist Greta Thunberg through Telegram app.
He said that MO Dhaliwal, the founder of Canada-based pro-Khalistan outfit Poetic Justice Foundation, had contacted Nikita through his colleague Puneet, a Canadian citizen to create a strong on Twitter ahead of the Republic Day. Police said that an investigation into the toolkit conspiracy has revealed the deeper conspiracy linked with the document.
He said that a zoom meeting was also organised before Republic Day which was attended by Dhaliwal, Nikita, Disha and others.
“A woman named Puneet who is based in Canada connected these people to the Pro-Khalistani Poetic Justice Foundation. On January 11, Nikita and Shantanu attended a Zoom meeting organised by Poetic Justice Foundation in which modalities were chalked out,” he said.
He also said that a fake news was circulated that a farmer died of bullet injury on Republic Day in the national capital.
Nath added that Disha even created a WhatsApp group on December 6 last year to spread the ‘toolkit’.