A Delhi court on Monday sent 22-year-old climate activist Disha Ravi, arrested in connection with allegedly being involved in sharing a “toolkit” on social media related to the farmers’ protest, to one day police custody.
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Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Pankaj Sharma allowed custodial interrogation of Ms. Ravi after police said she was required to be confronted with co-accused.
Ms. Ravi was produced before the court on expiry of her three-day judicial custody.
The court on Friday had sent her to judicial custody after police had said her custodial interrogation was not required for the time being.
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The agency had said that it would seek her further custodial interrogation once co-accused — Nikita Jacob and Shantanu Muluk — join the interrogation on February 22.
Ms. Ravi was arrested by Delhi police on February 13 from Bengaluru.
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