Disha Ravi
New Delhi– Disha Ravi has been featured in publications across the world as a young activist voicing her strong opinions about the environmental crisis in India. However, the 21-year-old climate activist from Soladevanahalli area of Bengaluru was arrested by Delhi Police’s Special Cell on Saturday for her alleged role in the infamous “toolkit” which, according to police, was behind the January 26 violence in the capital.
Graduating from Mount Carmel College in Bengaluru, she has been regularly writing columns and articles in leading news portals on climate action and is a familiar name in important climate forums frequented by youth activists across the globe.
Activist Disha Ravi was picked up from her house for questioning and later arrested, on Sunday (February 14, 2021). A senior police officer said that this was the first arrest in connection with ‘toolkit case’. 'toolkit' is a term activists use for a campaign information document.
21-yr-old climate activist accused of editing, sharing, spreading toolkit on farmer protests
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Activist Disha Ravi (in black mask) sent to 5 days Delhi police special cell custody, in New Delhi on Sunday. (Photo | ANI)
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BENGALURU/NEW DELHI: Climate activist Disha Ravi, who was arrested in Bengaluru on Saturday, was remanded to five days in police custody by a Delhi court on Sunday. She was picked up from her Bengaluru residence by the special cybercrime cell of the Delhi Police, who had filed an FIR on February 4 against unknown persons for sharing a toolkit on farmer protests in Delhi on social media sites, aiming to spread ‘disaffection against the Government of India’.
Beyond Disha Ravi s arrest: Right to protest in India explained
Beyond Disha Ravi s arrest: Right to protest in India explained
The right to protest in India flows from the fundamental right to speech and expression, assembly peacefully and without arms, and form associations and unions, guaranteed by the Constitution.
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UPDATED: February 15, 2021 17:34 IST
Friends and relatives of 21-year-old climate activist Disha Ravi protested against her arrest in the toolkit case. (Photo: PTI)
The arrest of 21-year-old climate activist Disha Ravi by the Delhi Police has led to furore over social media with politicians and activists criticising the Narendra Modi government for the action. Disha Ravi was arrested for allegedly editing and sharing with teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg a Google doc file that is being called the toolkit to intensify the protest by the farmers unions against the Narendra Modi government over the new farm laws.
Disha Ravi, a 21-year-old climate activist shot to fame on Sunday after she was arrested on charges of sharing a toolkit on the social media related to the farmers protest.