Indian Activist Arrested for Sharing Document That Supports Farmer Protests

NEW DELHI—Indian police arrested a Bangalore woman for allegedly supporting activist Greta Thunberg for what they are calling a feasible “criminal conspiracy” to aid the monthslong farmer protests in India.

Indian authorities mentioned the woman shared an on the net tool kit, which Ms. Thunberg to begin with posted on Twitter , that describes ways men and women can enable and deliver awareness to the Indian farmers, who are demanding the repeal of new farm regulations.

Tens of hundreds of farmers have been camped on streets about New Delhi because November. They say the new agricultural regulations clear away significantly-needed government aid for bad farmers. The govt states the regulations will enable farmers and individuals by modernizing and streamlining the agricultural supply chain.

An environmental activist named Disha Ravi was arrested in the southern city of Bangalore on Saturday.  A local  court docket made a decision Sunday that the woman, in her early 20s, could be held for five days in police custody for questioning about her element in the creation and dissemination of the tool kit.

A situation was filed before this thirty day period in Delhi in opposition to mysterious folks in link with the on the net document. The complaint mentioned men and women concerned could be guilty of prices such as sedition, criminal conspiracy, and building disharmony among various social, religious and cultural teams, among other factors.