Climate activist Disha Ravi arrested: 21-year-old has campaigned for Mollem forest protection, NAPCC Delhi Police said Disha Ravi was the editor of a toolkit, which was a guide sheet to stoke economic, cultural, social and regional tensions in India FP Staff February 15, 2021 11:38:33 IST
Bengaluru climate activist Disha Ravi’s arrest by the Delhi Police on Saturday for her alleged involvement in the toolkit case invited widespread criticism.
According to the police, Ravi was the “editor” of a toolkit, which she also shared with Swedish climate change activist Greta Thunberg, was a guide sheet to stoke economic, cultural, social and regional tensions in India. Thunberg tweeted the toolkit, which voicing support for the ongoing farmers’ protest. Later, she asked Greta to remove the main Doc after its incriminating details accidentally got into public domain, the D
Toolkit case: Disha Ravi s arrest triggers row, police hunts for 2 other accused | Top developments
The arrest of 21-year-old Disha Ravi by Delhi Police in an FIR on the toolkit shared by climate campaigner Greta Thunberg in support of the ongoing farmer protests has triggered a political row in India. Meanwhile, the police is on the lookout for the other two accused in the case. Here is all you need to know about the toolkit case.
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UPDATED: February 16, 2021 08:57 IST
Disha Ravi s motivation to become a climate activist came from watching her grandparents, who are farmers and struggle with the effects of climate change. (Photo: India Today)
February 15, 2021
2018 was the year when Greta Thunberg took the world by storm. The Swedish climate change activist, then 15 years old, started Fridays for Future, which calls itself as “a global people’s movement for climate justice.”
In India, Disha Ravi, a college student at Mount Carmel College in Bengaluru, plunged in. She started Fridays for Future India, coordinating strikes in different areas in the city every Friday, as she told Citizen Matters in 2019.
Her motivation to become a climate activist stemmed from watching her grandparents, who are farmers, struggle with the effects of climate change, she said in an interview with Auto Report Africa in 2020.
New Delhi, Feb 14 : Disha Ravi has been featured in publications across the world as a young activist voicing her strong opinions about the environmental