Delhi Police file FIR over ‘toolkit’; Greta says ‘still stand with farmers’
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police on Thursday said they have registered a first information report (FIR) to probe a “toolkit”, or document, that allegedly detailed an action plan for online and offline protests linked to the ongoing farmers’ agitation, including those during a tractor rally in the national capital on Republic Day.
The toolkit was tweeted by Swedish environment activist Greta Thunberg along with a post in support of the agitating farmers.
At a news briefing, Praveer
Ranjan, special commissioner of police (crime), said the FIR against the creators of the toolkit mentioned charges of criminal conspiracy and sedition, but did not name any individual. He was responding to a question that if police had registered a case against Thunberg.
Hours earlier, as reports of an FIR against Thunberg were flashed by multiple news outlets — police later clarified the FIR was against unknown persons — the 18-year-old activist posted: “I still #Standwithfarmers and support their peaceful protest. No amount of hate, threats or violations of human rights will ever change that. #Farmersprotest.” During the media briefing, Ranjan pointed to a “copycat execution of the action plan detailed in the toolkit” in the past few days, including the protests on January 26 that plunged into chaos. He said an initial probe revealed that the document was created by pro-khalistani group Poetic Justice Foundation (PJF).
HT could not find any verified social media handle or contact number of PJF. The group’s website did not have any contact details. Ranjan did not specify who exactly would be probed or how the investigators planned to go about it.