No case against Greta Thunberg, Delhi police clarify- India had reacted sharply to comments by foreign celebrities

'FIR against unnamed persons as 'Toolkit’ shared by activist created by pro-Khalistani group'

Greta Thunberg on Friday said that she still stood with the farmers and “no amount of threats” would undo that.Telegraph Picture

TT Bureau And Agencies   |   New Delhi   |   04.02.21    : The Delhi Police on Thursday said it has lodged an FIR against unnamed persons regarding a 'toolkit', which was shared by teen climate activist Greta Thunberg and others on Twitter, as a top official informed that initial probe has suggested the document’s link with a pro-Khalistan group.

Asked whether the FIR has been registered against Thunberg, a top official of the Delhi Police clarified that nobody has been named in the case.

It was previously reported that a case was registered against the Swedish activist, following which she said that she still stood with the farmers and “no amount of threats” would undo that.

“I still #StandWithFarmers and support their peaceful protest. No amount of hate, threats or violations of human rights will ever change that. #FarmersProtest,” Thunberg tweeted soon after the news emerged on Friday afternoon.

Addressing a press conference, Special CP (Crime) Praveer Ranjan said the Delhi Police has come across a document “toolkit” which has an action plan to spread social disharmony in the country and registered a case against its author on charges of criminal conspiracy, sedition and others.

He said the initial probe has revealed that the “toolkit” has been created by a pro-Khalistani organisation.

He said documents uploaded on social media have a proper action plan about a digital strike on or before January 26 and tweet storms on January 23.

Lending her support to the farmers’ agitation, Thunberg had shared “a toolkit for those who want to help”.

“Here’s a toolkit if you want to help,” tweeted the activist, which takes the user to a document containing details on ways to support the protest.

In the document, various urgent actions, including creating a Twitter storm and protesting outside Indian embassies, were listed which were needed to be taken to support the farmers’ protest.

However, on Friday morning, Thunberg shared an updated link to the document, saying that the previous one was outdated.

“Here’s an updated toolkit by people on the ground in India if you want to help. (They removed their previous document as it was outdated.),” she wrote on Twitter.

The 18-year-old’s first tweet came after singer Rihanna shared a CNN report, asking why the world was not talking about the issue.

“We stand in solidarity with the #FarmersProtest in India,” Thunberg wrote, sharing the same report.

Her tweet was one of the several posts that have drawn global attention to the farmers’ agitation over the past two days.

India on Wednesday had reacted sharply to comments by foreign celebrities, saying a very small section of farmers in parts of the country have some reservations about the farm reforms and a proper understanding of the issue is needed before rushing to comment on the agitation.