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Toolkit Terror: did a 21-year-old hatch a

global conspiracy for defaming india?

Delhi Police claim Disha Ravi and Pieter Friedrich are part of a group behind January 26

violence; Chidmabaram slams Govt as Robert Vadra backs activist

he toolkit used by teen sha Ravi, a 22-year-old student
climate activist Greta of Mount Carmel College and
TThunberg regarding the a climate activist, has become a
farmers’ protest was part of an threat to the nation.”
elaborate design that was under Delhi Police has said in
play since 2007 and involved its First Information Report
several shady companies in the (FIR) related to ‘Toolkit’ case
US, fake foreign experts and that the document was created
even ghost entities to target In- with the aid of a banned or-
dia and its interests, according ganisation, Sikhs for Justice,
to a fake news watchdog. to “disrupt the Republic Day
“The name of one of the key ceremony and precipitate un-
players of our story came up in lawful acts in the name of on-
the toolkit dropped accidentally going farmer protest”.
by Greta Thunberg. The toolkit Disha Ravi (right, in black mask) sent to five-days Delhi police special cell It said that during social
had mentioned a foreign expert custody, in New Delhi on Sunday. (ANI) media monitoring, it had been
as resource point - Pieter Fried- found that SFJ was conspiring
rich. It was startling. Pieter was what is a tooLkit? to disturb atmosphere on Re-
against India,” DisInfo Lab, a A ers’ protest. The FIR said that
part of a story we were already
public Day in the guise of farm-
working on since about a month
toolkit is a set of guidelines that suggests how a particu-
SFJ had also announced cash
lar goal can be accomplished. Toolkits chart out a plan of
in the context of an info-war
action that explains the topic at hand and offers a set of
fake news watchdog, found. suggestions that can be followed to achieve this particular goal. rewards for anyone hoisting a
seditious flag at India Gate on
“This elaborate design and In protest movements, toolkits have served as the digital equiv- January 26.
planning that is underway since alent of pamphlets and fliers that helped mobilise protesters, In a related development,
2007 at least was driven by sin- and guide them on the cause and nature of a certain campaign. Robert Vadra, businessman and
gular motive - to target India’s Toolkits were used in the 2011 Occupy Wall Street protest, as son-in-law of Congress presi-
interests. This was tried to be they were in the 2019 Hong Kong movement against a pro- dent Sonia Gandhi, on Tuesday
accomplished by targeting the posed legislation that would have allowed extradition to China. said that he is looking for legal
idea of India - non-violence and help for climate activist Disha
Mahatma Gandhi - replacing it lowed in the arrest of activist details, the Police Commission- Ravi, who was arrested by the
with an alternative image of a Disha Ravi for her alleged in- er said that investigation into Delhi Police on Sunday for al-
Fascist India; Targeting India’s volvement in preparing a toolkit the ‘Toolkit’ document case is legedly sharing a ‘toolkit’ doc-
territorial integrity - working to- that details support for farmers underway. ument related to the farmers’
wards K-2 (Kashmir-Khalistan) protesting against the Central “I cannot divulge the details protest with Swedish teen activ-
design; targeting India’s inter- Government’s agricultural laws. of the case as its investigation ist Greta Thunberg.
ests abroad by working against “As far as Disha’s arrest is is premature. As things will be Vadra told ANI, “I see
Indian origin American politi- concerned, it was done as per clear everyone will be notified.” something incorrect happening
cians,” the report added. the procedures,” Srivastava told Srivastava said. in our country. My family is in
Thunberg posted the “tool- media here. “Law does not dif- Several political leaders politics so of course they do get
kit” in a tweet in January which ferentiate between a 22-year- have slammed Delhi Police for involved in every issue related to
she later deleted. The teen ac- old and a 50-year-old. She was the arrest of Ravi from Benga- the country, but having said that
tivist’s post on the micro-blog- produced before a court which luru and termed her arrest as when I saw a girl of age 21 being
ging site came after American sent her to 5-day Police custo- “unwarranted harassment, un- arrested in this way, the way she
pop star Rihanna shared a news dy,” Srivastava said. fortunate and shocking”. She was arrested, I am looking for
article highlighting the Centre’s He argued that it is incorrect was arrested for allegedly edit- good legal help for Disha and
crackdown on the farmers by to say that there were lapses in ing and disseminating the “tool- that she should have good coun-
cutting off internet services in the arrest. kit” on social media. sel and it should be neutral.”
many regions. “It is false when people say Another Congress leader P “We support people who are
Delhi Police Commissioner that there were lapses in the ar- Chidambaram had said, “The handled in the wrong way. We
SN Srivastava on Tuesday said rest,” he added. Indian state must be standing are not anti-national and are not
that all procedures were fol- Without divulging further on very shaky foundations if Di- against the country,” he said.

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