Priyanka Gandhi condemns activist Disha Ravi's arrest in Toolkit case

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Monday slammed the Centre over the arrest of 21-year-old climate activist from Bengaluru Disha Ravi by Delhi Police for allegedly editing and disseminating the "toolkit" on social media and sent to five days police custody.

"Those who carry guns are afraid of an unarmed girl. An unarmed girl has spread of ray of courage," the Congress leader tweeted in Hindi, using hashtags #ReleaseDishaRavi, #DishaRavi and #IndiaBeingSilenced.

A Delhi court on Sunday remanded Disha to five days police custody following her arrest in connection with allegedly spreading a "toolkit" related to the farmers' protest. Duty Metropolitan Magistrate Dev Saroha of Patiala House Courts Complex allowed Delhi Police to quiz Ravi for five days. She was arrested on Saturday.

According to the Delhi Police officials, Disha is a key lead in the "toolkit" case as she had admitted during the initial interrogation to editing, adding some things in the "toolkit" and spreading it further.

Last week, the Delhi Police sent a communication to Google seeking registration details and activity log of the account through which a "toolkit" related to the farmers' protest was created and uploaded on the social media platform.

Two e-mail IDs, one Instagram account, and one Uniform Resource Locator (URL) were mentioned in the toolkit and police have asked for details from the respective platforms.The police had registered an FIR against unidentified persons in connection with the creators of the "toolkit'.

डरते हैं बंदूकों वाले एक निहत्थी लड़की से
फैले हैं हिम्मत के उजाले एक निहत्थी लड़की से#ReleaseDishaRavi#DishaRavi#IndiaBeingSilenced

— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) February 15, 2021