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Posted: 2021-02-15 00:33:02

Mumbai: Indian police have arrested a woman accused of editing and circulating a document tweeted by climate activist Greta Thunberg that authorities say is anti-government.

Swedish climate activist Thunberg tweeted her backing this month for the farmers, who have been demonstrating since December against agricultural reforms they say will harm their livelihood but benefit large corporations. She shared a document she said was a toolkit to create and spread awareness about the farmers’ complaints.

Activist Disha Ravi

Activist Disha RaviCredit:Facebook

New Delhi police arrested Disha Ravi, who a police source told Reuters is a senior leader of the Indian arm of Thunberg’s Fridays for Future campaign movement. On Sunday, the 22-year-old was remanded in custody until a court hearing in five days’ time.

Police did not say what Ravi had been charged with but accused her of being “a key conspirator in the document’s formulation and dissemination”.

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