New Delhi: Pieter Friedrich, who was in the headlines since Monday evening following a press conference by the Delhi Police, has described himself as a ‘freelance journalist and analyst of South Asian affairs’.
He has responded to the allegations against him on a post on Medium early on Tuesday.
In the post, titled Modi Regime Attacks Pieter Friedrich for Striking Against RSS’s Fascist Agenda, Friedrich declared he had “absolutely zero involvement” with the Khalistani movement today.
‘As the Khalistan movement today—with which I have absolutely zero involvement—appears to me to be entirely propped up by the Modi regime for purposes of creating a Frankenstein monster on which it can blame all ills, it seems to serve no other purpose than as a Modi regime psy-op to distract attention from the crimes of the RSS-BJP. It’s laughable that the entire world today—from a white Christian writer like myself to a Black Barbadian singer like Rihanna—are labeled as supporters of a fictitious Sikh separatist state,’ Friedrich wrote.
Friedrich was named for his alleged involvement in the ‘toolkit’ case, which erupted after climate activist Greta Thunberg tweeted a Google toolkit for protest activities related to the ongoing farmers’ protests in India.
According to a report by media watchdog the Disinfolab, Friedrich was a crucial resource person in the farmers’ protests, whose name was dropped accidentally by Thunberg in the toolkit. He had claimed to be part of protesters who vandalized Mahatma Gandhi’s statue in the USA.
Friedrich is said to have been in contact with Bhajan Singh Bhinder, a known Khalistani. He is also associated with the K2 (Kashmir-Khalistan) conspiracy.