Farmers Movement Archive

Toolkit case: role of PJF under scanner

Pannu had announced a reward of $2,50,000 for Punjab farmers protesting at the Singhu border to raise the Khalistani flag at India Gate on January 26. Sources also said that during Ms. Ravi’s interrogation, it had been revealed that in the now deleted WhatsApp group, which was created on December 6, Ms. Jacob became a member on December 11 and the members of the PJF were added on December 12. ‘Not directly linked’ “It appears that Disha may not be directly linked to PJF because if that had been the case, they wouldn’t be added into the group after Nikita. However, the case is still in early stages of investigation,” the officer said. The Delhi Police is investigating a sedition and conspiracy case after a tookit was shared on social media, which is a document with a section titled ‘prior action plan’ about digital strikes to be conducted through hashtags on and before January 26, tweetstorms from January 23 onwards, physical action on January 26, and joining the farmers’ march into Delhi and back to the borders. The police claimed that the events of January 26, including the violence, were a copycat execution of the action plan. Ms. Ravi was arrested from Bengaluru on February 13 and is currently in police custody.

The Hindu

2021-02-17

February 17 2021 00:00 IST