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image captionDisha Ravi spent 10 days in custody in Delhi after being detained in Bangalore
An Indian court has granted bail to a 22-year-old climate activist who was arrested for sharing a document intended to help farmers protesting against new agricultural laws.
Police said Disha Ravi was a key conspirator in the formulation and dissemination of a protest toolkit .
They have accused her of sedition and conspiracy - charges she has denied.
Activists have called her arrest a warning to those who want to show support for anti-government protests.
Tens of thousands of farmers have been protesting for three months against new laws, which they say will benefit only big corporations.
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(MENAFN - NewsBytes) A 21-year-old climate activist from Bengaluru, Disha Ravi, was arrested by Delhi Police in connection with the toolkit regarding the farmers protest shared by Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg.
Ravi is one of the founders of the Fridays for Future campaign: an international movement of school students who skip classes on Fridays, which gained momentum after Thunberg started protesting outside the Swedish Parliament. In this article Ravi was picked up from home Delhi Police registered toolkit case on February 4 Thunberg later shared toolkit calling for protests on February 13-14 Police says toolkit exposed conspiracy behind R-Day violence Police has approached Google, social media giants for information Farmers R-Day tractor rally had turned violent
Disha Ravi, 22, was arrested yesterday and brought to Delhi.
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The police had said Toolkit was a conspiracy to wage war against India
The activist has been sent to police custody for 5 days by a Delhi Court
New Delhi: A 22-year-old climate activist from Bengaluru, Disha Ravi, was the first person to be arrested by the Delhi Police in the case involving Toolkit tweeted earlier this month by Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg to show support for protesting farmers. The police which earlier said Toolkit was a Khalistani conspiracy have accused her of being a key conspirator in the document s formulation and dissemination and alleged that she is trying to revive a Khalistani group. I did not make Toolkit. We wanted to support the farmers. I edited two lines on February 3, Disha Ravi told the Delhi court where she was produced earlier on Sunday. She wasn t accompanied by any lawyer and spoke in the court for herself. The court has se