A day after arresting climate activist Disha Ravi for sharing Greta Thunberg’s ‘toolkit’, Delhi Police on February 15 issued non-bailable warrants against two more activists named Nikita Jacob and Shantanu.
The police claimed that the organization behind the ‘toolkit’ shared by Greta Thunberg, the ‘pro-Khalistani’ Poetic Justice Foundation, had contacted Nikita Jacob to organise a ‘tweetstorm’ ahead of the January 26 violence.
Nikita Jacob has approached the Bombay High Court for protection from arrest for four weeks. Jacob has also asked for a copy of the FIR and has claimed that the Delhi Police came to her house in Mumbai on February 11 with a search warrant and seized gadgets and documents.
Who is Nikita Jacob?
Jacob is a lawyer and is enrolled with the Maharashtra and Goa State Bar Council. She has been practising law since 2015.
An Indian Express report mentioned that Jacob went to school in Panchgani, and studied science in St Xavier’s…
