Delhi Police writes to Zoom, seeks information on ‘toolkit’ meeting ahead of Republic Day
Police said that 60 to 70 persons were on the Zoom call organised on January 11. Advocate Nikita Jacob and Shantanu Muluk were also a part of it, police said.
FollowThe Delhi Police on Tuesday wrote to video conferencing platform Zoom to seek details of those who attended the zoom call on January 11, which is allegedly organised by a pro-Khalistani group to prepare a protest "toolkit" in support of farmers protest, officials said.
Police said that 60 to 70 persons were on the Zoom call organised on January 11. Advocate Nikita Jacob and Shantanu Muluk were also a part of it, police said.
Earlier on Monday, Joint Commissioner of Police (cyber) Prem Nath said that Mumbai lawyer Nikita Jacob and Pune engineer Shantanu were among the around 70 people who had attended the meeting through Zoom app. The meeting was organised days before the Republic Day violence during the farmers' tractor parade in the national capital.
According to Delhi police sources, all those associated with the "pro-Khalistan" group, including its founder and co-founders, are under the scanner. A lot will depend on the interrogation of the three accused Disha Ravi, Nikita Jacob and Shantanu Mulu, sources said.
"Pro-Khalistani group Poetic Justice Foundation (PJF) founder Mo Dhaliwal had contacted them (Jacob and Shantanu) through a Canada-based woman named Punit," Nath had said.
"Nikita and Shantanu had on January 11 attended a Zoom meeting organized by PFJ in which modalities were decided to create the 'toolkit' titled 'Global Farmer Strike' and 'Global Day of Action, 26 January'," Nath said.
Non-bailable warrants have been issued against Jacob and Muluk for their alleged role in the sedition and conspiracy case being investigated by the Delhi Police Special Cell. Police said on Monday that they along with Disha Ravi, arrested climate change activist, created and spread the toolkit.
A major controversy erupted after teen climate activist Greta Thunberg shared the "toolkit" to lend her support to the farmers' agitation near Delhi borders against the farm laws. 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. The toolkit has been cited by some critics as a "proof" of her conspiracy to fuel protests in India.
