Rti Activist Attacked

Cases of harassment and murder of RTI applicants are increasing across the country, and the biggest challenge in the upcoming years is to ensure their protection.

A Right to Information (RTI) activist, who is also a local BJP leader, suffered serious injuries after criminals hurled bombs at him in Odisha's Jajpur district, police said on Sunday.

A Right to Information (RTI) activist was allegedly attacked by a group of unidentified persons outside the Collector office in Tapi district of Gujarat for allegedly seeking information and opposing "illegal mining" there, police said today.

Shiv Sena workers today assaulted and blackened the face of a Right to Information activist at Latur in Maharashtra's Marathwada region, after he "exposed" an illegal construction case.

Back in 2010, the Bombay High Court, while hearing the murder case of Right to Information (RTI) activist Satish Shetty in Maharashtra, ordered the state government to provide police protection to the many activists who complain of threats after filing applications under the RTI Act.

A Pune-based activist has filed a Right to Information or RTI application seeking to know, among other things, whether Ajmal Amir Kasab did say "Allah mujhe maaf kar (God forgive me)" before he went to the gallows last month. Also, whether the 26/11 terrorist ate a tomato before he was hanged.

In a dramatic twist to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's attack on Congress president Sonia Gandhi for her travel expenses, a Vadodara-based Right to Information (RTI) activist, Trupti Shah, has now come out and said that the Modi government has still not responded to her application seeking details of expenses on Mr Modi's travels to attend s...

Gaurav Jyoti Neog, the Newslive channel reporter who has been accused of "planning and directing" the ghastly mob attack on a 20-year-old girl in Guwahati, has resigned. Right To Information (RTI) activist Akhil Gogoi had claimed that he has in his possession video footage that proves Mr Neog "incited" the 50-strong mob. The RTI activist held press...

RTI activist and Team Anna member Akhil Gogoi was attacked yesterday and critically injured by suspected youth Congress activists in Assam's Nalbari district. One person has now been arrested. Mr Gogoi, who had gone to Punni village in Dharmapur area of the district to take stock of the flood situation, was allegedly attacked with sticks and other...

A Right to Information (RTI) activist was shot and seriously wounded on Friday by some assailants in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district, police said.RTI activist Razi Hasan was battling for life at a hospital in Muzaffarpur, about 70 km from Patna. "It was a murderous attack on him," a police official said.

An RTI activist actively involved in exposing illegal slaughter houses was killed in Ahmedabad's Juhupura area today. Around 7.45 am this morning, some unidentified people attacked Nadeem Sayeed with sharp weapons. He died on the spot.

An RTI activist was attacked by four persons, two of them believed to be cricket bookies, with a knife and a hammer in suburban Kandivali, police said today. According to police, Mehul Kataria (39) was walking on the road last night in Kandivali when four persons, started thrashing him with knife and hammer.

Concerned over a string of recent attacks on RTI activists across the country, the Central Information Commission (CIC) today stepped in, saying it is the duty of respective governments to take "urgent" steps to safeguard the life and liberty of the activists.

An RTI activist, Bhagu Devani, has been attacked in Porbandar in Gujarat. Seventy-two-year-old Devani was stabbed on Friday morning. According to his complaint to the police, around five to six people stopped his car, and after an altercation stabbed him thrice. The activist has accused a former BJP minister and two others for the attack. He a...

An activist promoting the Right to Information Act in Maharashtra has been attacked with a sword. He is in hospital.Popat Barge was attacked in the Satara district on Sunday night, possibly in retaliation for his attempts to use the RTI to check on illegal construction.Mr Barge is a member of Anna Hazare's organization against corruption - Bhrastac...

Cases of harassment and murder of RTI applicants are increasing across the country, and the biggest challenge in the upcoming years is to ensure their protection.

A Right to Information (RTI) activist, who is also a local BJP leader, suffered serious injuries after criminals hurled bombs at him in Odisha's Jajpur district, police said on Sunday.

A Right to Information (RTI) activist was allegedly attacked by a group of unidentified persons outside the Collector office in Tapi district of Gujarat for allegedly seeking information and opposing "illegal mining" there, police said today.

Shiv Sena workers today assaulted and blackened the face of a Right to Information activist at Latur in Maharashtra's Marathwada region, after he "exposed" an illegal construction case.

Back in 2010, the Bombay High Court, while hearing the murder case of Right to Information (RTI) activist Satish Shetty in Maharashtra, ordered the state government to provide police protection to the many activists who complain of threats after filing applications under the RTI Act.

A Pune-based activist has filed a Right to Information or RTI application seeking to know, among other things, whether Ajmal Amir Kasab did say "Allah mujhe maaf kar (God forgive me)" before he went to the gallows last month. Also, whether the 26/11 terrorist ate a tomato before he was hanged.

In a dramatic twist to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's attack on Congress president Sonia Gandhi for her travel expenses, a Vadodara-based Right to Information (RTI) activist, Trupti Shah, has now come out and said that the Modi government has still not responded to her application seeking details of expenses on Mr Modi's travels to attend s...

Gaurav Jyoti Neog, the Newslive channel reporter who has been accused of "planning and directing" the ghastly mob attack on a 20-year-old girl in Guwahati, has resigned. Right To Information (RTI) activist Akhil Gogoi had claimed that he has in his possession video footage that proves Mr Neog "incited" the 50-strong mob. The RTI activist held press...

RTI activist and Team Anna member Akhil Gogoi was attacked yesterday and critically injured by suspected youth Congress activists in Assam's Nalbari district. One person has now been arrested. Mr Gogoi, who had gone to Punni village in Dharmapur area of the district to take stock of the flood situation, was allegedly attacked with sticks and other...

A Right to Information (RTI) activist was shot and seriously wounded on Friday by some assailants in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district, police said.RTI activist Razi Hasan was battling for life at a hospital in Muzaffarpur, about 70 km from Patna. "It was a murderous attack on him," a police official said.

An RTI activist actively involved in exposing illegal slaughter houses was killed in Ahmedabad's Juhupura area today. Around 7.45 am this morning, some unidentified people attacked Nadeem Sayeed with sharp weapons. He died on the spot.

An RTI activist was attacked by four persons, two of them believed to be cricket bookies, with a knife and a hammer in suburban Kandivali, police said today. According to police, Mehul Kataria (39) was walking on the road last night in Kandivali when four persons, started thrashing him with knife and hammer.

Concerned over a string of recent attacks on RTI activists across the country, the Central Information Commission (CIC) today stepped in, saying it is the duty of respective governments to take "urgent" steps to safeguard the life and liberty of the activists.

An RTI activist, Bhagu Devani, has been attacked in Porbandar in Gujarat. Seventy-two-year-old Devani was stabbed on Friday morning. According to his complaint to the police, around five to six people stopped his car, and after an altercation stabbed him thrice. The activist has accused a former BJP minister and two others for the attack. He a...

An activist promoting the Right to Information Act in Maharashtra has been attacked with a sword. He is in hospital.Popat Barge was attacked in the Satara district on Sunday night, possibly in retaliation for his attempts to use the RTI to check on illegal construction.Mr Barge is a member of Anna Hazare's organization against corruption - Bhrastac...