‘Free Disha’ demand grows as Delhi cops hunt for more

Nonbailable warrants have been issued against a Mumbai lawyer and a Pune engineer for allegedly creating a protest toolkit backing the farmersrsquo agitation along with arrested climate activist Disha Ravi and collaborating with proKhalistani elements Delhi police alleged on MondayLawyer Nikita Jacob and engineer Shantanu also attended a Zoom meeting organised by lsquoproKhalistanirsquo group Poetic Justice Foundation Joint Commissioner of Police Cyber Prem Nath said ldquoDisha Shantanu and Nikita created and edited the toolkit Disha sent the toolkit to Greta Thunberg through Telegram Disha deleted a Whatsapp group she created to spread the toolkit Due procedure was followed when Disha was arrestedrdquo he saidDelhi police on Monday said they were conducting raids in Mumbai and other places to nab Jacob and Shantanu who is known so far only by one nameJacob approached the Bombay High Court seeking transit anticipatory bail for four weeks so she can approach the concerned court in Delhi to apply for prearrest bail The HC will hear the plea on TuesdayIn her plea jacob said shersquos unaware if she is named as an accused or witness in the case ldquoHowever the applicant Jacob fears that she may be arrested due to political vendetta and media trialrdquo her application saidMeanwhile opposition parties and farmer leaders have demanded immediate release of Ravi Congress leader Rahul Gandhi led the opposition offensive and said the country will not be silencedHis party colleague Jairam Ramesh said ldquoDelhi police on the rampage After Disha Ravi it is now the turn of another young woman Nikita Jacob More will no doubt followrdquoIn a tweet Congressrsquos Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said those with guns are afraid of an unarmed girl Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal described Ravirsquos arrest as an ldquounprecedented attack on democracyrdquoAs the debate got more polarised Haryanarsquos Home Minister Anil Vij stepped in to say that whoever harbours the seed of antinationalism in their mind should be ldquocompletely destroyedrdquoSenior CPIM leader Prakash Karat slammed the Modi government and said ldquo We demand that Disha Ravi be forthwith released and the charges against her withdrawn The Delhi police is acting under the directions of the Union home ministerrdquolsquoIndia wont be silencedrsquoRahul Gandhi Congress leaderlsquoYour lips are free to speak Say that the truth is still alive They are scared not the country India will not be silencedrsquoPrakash Karat senior CPIM leaderlsquoThe Modi government has become paranoid It is not willing to tolerate any activism or dissent Such prosecution of a young activist must immediately stoprsquoRaghav Chadha AAP spokespersonlsquoThe BJP government has imposed a state of emergency in the country Ravirsquos arrest was an extrajudicial abductionrsquoJourno gets bail to visit ailing motherThe Supreme Court on Monday granted 5day interim bail to journalist Siddique Kappan arrested on his way to cover Dalit womanrsquos alleged gangrape and death in Hathras to visit his ailing motherThis 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