Delhi Police on Thursday registered a case to probe "international conspiracy" to defame India and promote enmity among groups following the farmers' protest and cited tweets by teen climate campaigner Greta Thunberg in the FIR.
An unfazed Thunberg tweeted soon after, "I still #StandWithFarmers and support their peaceful protest. No amount of hate, threats or violations of human rights will ever change that. #FarmersProtest."
Sources said the FIR mentions the tweets and her name in the body of the FIR but has not named Thunberg as an accused.
After deleting a 'toolkit' she posted on Twitter earlier with regard to farmers' protest on Republic Day, she shared a "toolkit" advising people on how to show support for the protests.
On Thursday morning, she said she was sharing an updated list and included around half-a-dozen ways to back the agitation. Thunberg also tweeted about organising protests near the closest Indian embassy on February 13 and 14.
The FIR is filed by Delhi Police Cyber Cell of the Delhi Police is investigating these tweets but the subject of the FIR refers to Greta Thunberg's controversial tweet on a "toolkit" to support the farmers' protests.
Police said the FIR has been registered against unnamed creators of the toolkit under charges of sedition, criminal conspiracy and promoting enmity between communities. The toolkit has been promoted by pro-Khalistani group Poetic Justice Foundation, it claimed.
"The action plan delineated in the toolkit reveals copy-cat execution of the events on January 26 and around it. No one has been named as accused in the case," a senior police official said.
Tweets by the teen activist and other international celebrities like singer Rihana had taken Twitter by storm earlier two days ago, prompting the Narendra Modi government to unleash a counter by making Indian celebrities tweet claiming that farmers' protest is an internal matter and a foreigner should not intervene.
BJP sharpened the attack on Thunberg and other foreign celebrities for their tweets supporting farmers.
A day after fielding more than half a dozen ministers in the counter campaign, the BJP said Thunberg’s toolkit was a "school kit of anarchy" and claimed there was an international conspiracy to defame India and create chaos and unrest in the country.
Among new celebrities, which extended support to protesting Indian farmers are American football league NFL star Juju Smith Schuster has donated $10,000 towards medical assistance for the farmers and forward Kyle Kuzma, shared the same article Rihanna had posted.
(This updated story clarifies that Greta Thunberg has not been named as accused in the FIR as reported earlier)