SHANTANU MULUK GETS PROTECTION FROM ARREST

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NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Thursday granted interim protection from arrest to Shantanu Muluk, an accused in the toolkit case, till March 9 in continuation of the 10-day transit bail given to him by the Bombay high court on February 16.

Additional sessions judge Dharmender Rana said no coercive action would be taken against Muluk, who along with climate activist Disha Ravi and Mumbai lawyer Nikita Jacob, was booked for sedition for alleged formulation, editing and dissemination of the toolkit document related to the farmers’ protest.

Muluk’s counsel Vrinda Grover told the court her client has been joining probe whenever he has been called by the investigating agency.