FIR Over “Toolkit” Tweeted By Greta Thunberg, She’s Not Named: Police

New Delhi:

The Delhi police mentioned immediately its investigation into an “overseas conspiracy” enmeshed within the farmer protests was not in opposition to Greta Thunberg however a “toolkit” that she had tweeted, allegedly linked to a “Khalistani group”. 

“Delhi Police has taken cognizance of a toolkit document found on a social media handle that predates and indicates a copycat execution of a conspiracy behind the January 26 violence. The call was to wage economic, social, cultural and regional war against India,” Delhi Police Special Commissioner Praveer Ranjan mentioned, referring to a Republic Day tractor rally that dissolved into chaos and clashes within the capital.

“We have registered a case for spreading disaffection against the government of India – it’s regarding sedition – and disharmony between groups on religious, social and cultural grounds, and criminal conspiracy to give shape to such a plan,” the officer added.

Asked whether or not Greta Thunberg, 18, had been named within the FIR, he clarified: “We have not named anybody in the FIR. It is only against the creators of the toolkit.”

When reporters pressed him to specify who shared the toolkit, Mr Ranjan mentioned: “You guys are aware of it. I don’t want to name it here.”

Greta Thunberg had final night tweeted a “toolkit” for supporting the farmers’ protest, however this was centered on the Republic Day protests final week. She deleted the put up after a short time.

This morning, the Swedish local weather activist posted a contemporary “toolkit” with the message: “Here’s an updated toolkit by people on the ground in India if you want to help. (They removed their previous document as it was outdated).” The new doc referred to as for protests on February 13 and 14.

Here’s an up to date toolkit by individuals on the bottom in India if you wish to assist. (They eliminated their earlier doc because it was outdated.)#StandWithFarmers#FarmersProtesthttps://t.co/ZGEcMwHUNL

— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) February 3, 2021

The Delhi Police mentioned the creator of the “toolkits”, a corporation calling itself the Poetic Justice Foundation, is a Khalistani group.  

“This toolkit has a particular section titled ‘action plan’. It says digital strikes have to be conducted through hashtags on or before January 26; then tweet storms from January 23 onwards; physical action on January 26; and it says watch out or join farmers going into Delhi and back to the borders,” Mr Ranjan mentioned.

“If you go by the unfolding of events of January 26, it reveals a copycat execution of the action plan. It is a matter of concern for Delhi police. Definitely the intention of the creators of the toolkit was to create disharmony among various social, religious and cultural groups and encourage disaffection and ill-will against the government of India.”

Reacting to the police case, Greta Thunberg tweeted: “I still #StandWithFarmers and support their peaceful protest. No amount of hate, threats or violations of human rights will ever change that. #FarmersProtest.”

The younger activist is amongst a number of worldwide figures which have tweeted in help of the farmer protests over the previous two days, drawing international consideration to the agitation that began November-end in opposition to three farm legal guidelines enacted by the centre.

It began with a put up on Tuesday night by pop star Rihanna, who has 100 million followers on Twitter. As a number of US lawmakers and others adopted swimsuit, the federal government put out a caustic assertion yesterday warning in opposition to the “temptation of sensationalist social media hashtags and comments”. In an in depth assertion, it mentioned the protests had been by “a very small section of farmers” in elements of India, and that the farm legal guidelines had been geared toward reforms and had been enacted after full debate in parliament.