They have further claimed that she created a WhatsApp group to ‘formulate the toolkit, collaborated with an allegedly pro-Khalistani group Poetic Justice Foundation, and transferred the toolkit to Greta Thunberg’.
Questions have already been raised, including by senior advocate Rebecca John, about the way in which the Delhi Police arrested Ravi, and the way in which the magistrate she was produced before in Delhi remanded her to five days of police custody without her having a lawyer of her choice at the remand hearing.
However, beyond the procedural issues, there are also questions about the police narrative itself.
Decoding the ‘Protest-Toolkit’
‘Toolkits’ — in modern day internet parlance — consist of a set of guidelines to ensure the achievement of certain shared goals.
While toolkits are readily used by government departments and private organisations, they have also gained momentum in social protests across the globe. For instance, detailed toolkits were used to…