NEW DELHI: Climate activist Disha Ravi was part of the Indian chapter of a global conspiracy to defame the country and create unrest in the garb of farmers protest, the police told a Delhi court on Saturday while opposing her bail plea.
The police told the court that Ravi deleted her WhatsApp chats since she
was aware of the legal implications of her actions.
"Why did Disha Ravi cover her track and delete evidence if
she did not commit wrong. This shows her guilty mind and sinister design,"
it told Additional Sessions Judge Dharmender Rana.
It further said that the toolkit was part of a larger conspiracy
to defame India and cause unrest.
Meanwhile, Disha's lawyer said there is no evidence to link the activist with
the banned outfit Sikhs For Justice.
Her defence told the court that if highlighting the farmers protest globally
amounts to "sedition", then it is better to be jailed.
Denying charges that the toolkit is connected to the violence on Republic Day,
the defence said that nobody who has been arrested in connection with the Red
Fort incident has said that he was inspired by the toolkit.
Delhi Police, probing the "toolkit Google doc, had arrested Ravi, 21,
while co-accused Mumbai lawyer Jacob and Pune engineer Shantanu Muluk have been
granted pre-arrest bail by court.
A toolkit is a document created to explain any issue. It also provides
information on what one needs to do to address the issue. This might include
information about petitions, details about protests and mass movements.
The Cyber Cell had lodged an FIR against "pro-Khalistan" creators of
the toolkit for waging a "social, cultural and economic war against the
government of India".
Ravi was sent to three-day judicial custody on Friday.
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