Updated Feb 16, 2021 · 05:05 pm A file photo of Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal. | IANS
Delhi Commission for Women Chairperson Swati Maliwal on Tuesday sent a notice to the Delhi Police, seeking information on the arrest of 22-year old climate activist Disha Ravi from Bengaluru. The women’s panel asked the police to reply by February 19.
The letter, addressed to the Deputy Commissioner of Police of the Cyber Crime cell of the Delhi Police, cited media reports that said Ravi was brought to Delhi from Bengaluru without her parents being informed. It further said that she was brought to the national Capital without being presented before a court in Bengaluru for a transit remand, and was thereafter presented in a Delhi court without a lawyer of her choice.
Climate activist Disha Ravi s NGO was under Centre s radar in 2020 too - Know details
Disha Ravi was allegedly involved in editing and disseminating the toolkit on social media. Disha Ravi (Photo: Facebook)
Updated: Feb 17, 2021, 12:35 AM IST
Even before being embroiled in the Greta Thunberg toolkit case, climate activist Disha Ravi faced the Centre s heat last year when it submitted mass emails against the government’s draft Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) rules, which deal with the process of evaluating the environmental impact of a proposed project.
The Delhi Police had taken down Fridays for Future (India) [FFF] s website in July 2020 after the Minister of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Prakash Javadekar had lodged a complaint against three NGO and had gotten their websites blocked. It was said that the Delhi Police Cyber Crime Unit Deputy Commissioner had cited the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act to block the site. Di
Disha Ravi, arrested by Delhi Police in toolkit case, is one of the founding members of a group named 'Fridays For Future India', a movement started by climate activist Greta Thunberg.
Delhi s Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal has termed the arrest of Disha Ravi as an unprecedented attack on democracy. She was arrested by the police in connection with the toolkit case. Arrest of 21 yr old Disha Ravi is an unprecedented attack on Democracy. Supporting our farmers is not a crime, Kejriwal said on Twi