A Delhi court on Friday sent 22-year-old climate activist Disha Ravi to three-day judicial custody in connection with the farm protest document case, reported Bar and Bench. The Delhi Police had filed the case after Swedish activist Greta Thunberg tweeted the campaign document to support the farmers’ protest against the agricultural laws.
Ravi was produced by the Delhi Police in front of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Aakash Jain as her five-day police custody ended on Friday. Appearing for the Delhi Police, advocate Irfan Ahmed sought three days of judicial custody for Ravi, submitting that she was evasive during investigation, Bar and Bench reported. Ahmed also told the court Ravi’s bail plea was likely to be taken up by the Sessions Court on Saturday.
The Delhi Police counsel argued that it was necessary to make Ravi confront two other co-accused in the case, Nikita Jacob and Shantanu Muluk. He claimed that Ravi had shifted the blame on them. Ahmed also…