The Delhi Police has lodged an FIR in connection with a ‘toolkit’ containing information on how to back the farmers protests. The ‘toolkit’ has been doing the rounds on social media and the document was tweeted out by, among others, Swedish teen climate change activist Greta Thunberg. She deleted that tweet and later reposted an updated version of the toolkit. Praveer Ranjan, Special Commissioner of Police (CP), Delhi Police, on Thursday, Feb 4, evening said, “We haven’t named anybody in the FIR, it’s only against the creators of toolkit which is a matter of investigation & Delhi Police will be investigating that case.” “Preliminary enquiry has revealed that the toolkit in question appears to have been created by a pro-Khalistani Organisation ‘Poetic Justice Foundation’,” the police officer said.

The FIR has been lodged under the Indian Penal Code’s Sections 124A (sedition), 153A (promoting enmity), and 120B (criminal conspiracy). Earlier, this week Greta Thunberg took to Twitter to lend support to farmers in India who are protesting against the three new farm laws. The farmers having been sitting at the Delhi border in protest for several days now. In her tweet on Tuesday night, Greta Thunberg wrote “We stand in solidarity with the #FarmersProtest in India” and shared a CNN article on the ongoing farmers’ protest in India and how internet has been suspended around the Delhi borders. Her tweet followed that of Rihanna who brought global attention to the issue. In a follow-up tweet, Greta Thunberg wrote, “Here’s an updated toolkit by people on the ground in India if you want to help. (They removed their previous document as it was outdated.) #StandWithFarmers #FarmersProtest” and shared a document on details about the agitation.