New Delhi [India], February 23 (ANI): Climate activist Disha Ravi, who was arrested for her involvement in sharing a 'toolkit' on social media in connection with the ongoing farmers' protest, has been released from Delhi's Tihar jail, prison officials confirmed on Tuesday.
Earlier in the day, a city court granted bail to 22-year-old Ravi, terming the evidence produced by police as 'scanty and sketchy'. Ravi had been arrested by the Delhi Police's Cyber Cell from Bengaluru on February 13. The Cyber Cell had lodged an FIR against "pro-Khalistan" creators of the "toolkit" for waging a "social, cultural and economic war against the Government of India".
Disha Ravi was arrested on 13 February in connection with a tweet by Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, who shared a toolkit designed to aide the ongoing.
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They said the swiftness with which the court granted the bail has raised their hopes that Ravi will fight the cause well and emerge unscathed.
Toolkit case: Delhi court grants bail to activist Disha Ravi
People across Bengaluru hailed the order of a Delhi court to grant bail to Disha Ravi. The ‘swiftness’ with which the court granted bail has raised hopes that Ravi would emerge unscathed, they said. Ravi’s mother Manjula said she was happy and the bail order had firmed up her faith in the law. The Delhi Police had arrested Ravi on February 13.
Activist Mukund Gowda, Ravi’s fellow volunteer at Fridays for Future, said he saw the bail as a sign of victory, yet only a temporary relief in a long-drawn fight. “The court granting her bail showed there was not an iota of truth in sedition charges against her and the police’s attempt to link her with Khalistan elements is baseless,” he said.
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Activist Disha Ravi was sent to five-day Delhi Police special cell custody, in New Delhi on Sunday. (ANI)
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