Questioning Disha Ravi necessary for info on pro-Khalistani Group: Delhi Police

The Delhi Police Special Cell procured fiveday custody of 21yearold climate activist Disha Ravi from the court to identify ProKhalistani Group Poetic Justice Foundation and its active members and to recover the deleted WhatsApp GroupRavi was arrested from Bengaluru on Saturday in connection with allegedly editing and sharing a toolkit on social media related to the farmers protest She was produced before the court the next day and was remanded to five days police custodyDuring the course of proceedings the police told Duty Metropolitan Magistrate Dev Saroha that her custody is necessary to recover the deleted WhatsApp Group having vital information along with other devices and mobiles used in the offenceIt is further stated that for proper investigation her detailed interrogation is required to get information by the Pro Khalistani Group Poetic Justice Foundation and their active members are to be identified according to the courts order copyThe court while remanding her to the custody of the police directed medical test to be conducted She will now be produced before the court on February 19 at the end of the custody periodWhile seeking her custody for interrogation the Delhi Police told the court that It is a larger conspiracy against the government of India The accused broke down in the courtroom and told the judge that she did not make the toolkit but only edited two on February 3Legal Aid Counsel LAC Pramod Singh appeared for the accused while Delhi Police Investigating Officer IO Praveen Kumar came to court with the case fileThe Cyber Cell had lodged an FIR against proKhalistan creators of the toolkit for waging a social cultural and economic war against the government of IndiaOn Sunday the Delhi Police took to microblogging website Twitter to elaborate on the case It wrote Disha Ravi arrested by Delhi Police is an Editor of the Toolkit Google Doc and key conspirator in documents formulation and disseminationShe started the WhatsApp Group and collaborated to make the Toolkit document the police said adding that she worked closely with them to draft itIn this process they all collaborated with pro Khalistani Poetic Justice Foundation to spread disaffection against the Indian State She was the one who shared the Toolkit Doc with Greta Thunberg the police wrote on TwitterThe role of two more activists is under scanner in the Toolkit document case Nonbailable warrants are out against activists Nikita Jacob who is a lawyer by profession and Shantanu as a police team is looking for themDelhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has expressed his opposition to Ravis arrest saying the move by the Delhi Police was an unprecedented attack on democracyArrest of 21yrold Disha Ravi is an unprecedented attack on democracy Supporting our farmers is not a crime he said in a tweetThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever