The Delhi Police on Friday wrote to Google and “other entities”, asking them to provide information about the creators of a toolkit tweeted...
The Delhi Police on Friday wrote to Google and “other entities”, asking them to provide information about the creators of a toolkit tweeted by climate change campaigner Greta Thunberg in her messages expressing support for the farmers’ protests in India, reported PTI.
Police said they sought details about the emails, domain URLs and certain social media accounts mentioned in the toolkit.
This came a day after the Delhi Police filed a First Information Report against the creators of the toolkit, who they referred to as “pro-Khalistan” persons waging a “social, cultural and economic war against the Government of India”.
A toolkit is essentially a booklet or document created to explain a cause or issue. The one tweeted by Thunberg explains that it is “meant to enable anyone unfamiliar with the ongoing farmers protests in India to better understand the situation and make decisions on how to support the farmers based on their own analysis”.
The document goes on to suggest some “urgent actions” sympathisers could undertake to show their support for the farmers. These are routine actions that are permitted in any democracy.
But the police said that it was evidence of a conspiracy that resulted in violence on Republic Day, when one section of participants in a tractor rally...
