RTI Activist has been threatened of dire consequence by Govt. official in Bolangir, Orissa
Dear Friends
Attack on RTI Activists gets rising day by day in Orissa. Mr. Gopabandhu Chhatria, a BPL RTI Applicant has been threatened of attack by Mr. Birendra Tripathy, SDO, Rural Works, Bolangir on 18.10.2011. In a complaint petition addressed to Superintendent of Police, Bolangir on 24.10.2011, Mr. Chhatria has stated that he had submitted an application seeking information about newly constructed building for Tahsil office located before DEOgan Block from the PIO, office of SDO, Rural Works, Bolangir. Without providing information, Mr. Birendra Tripathy made a call from his mobile ( 9437150548) to Chhatria (9668523372) and threatened him of dire consequence, if he continued seeking information from his office. Then he handed over his mobile to a contractor who also scolded Chhatria and asked him to refrain from accessing any information from the said office.
It needs to be mentioned here that Mr. Chhatria, Jarasingha, Dist-Bolangir had sought information about a newly constructed building for Tahasil office in his area. Though it was constructed a few months back, this building has been cracked and water flowing from the roof. The work is substandard and getting no use for the people. Apprehending corruption and irregularities in the fund allotted for the said work, Chhatria has sought information to know the details of expenditure and sample of the building.
Chhatria is yet to get any response from SP, Bolangir, as he shared in a meeting held in Bhubaneswar on 16.11.2011. It needs to be mentioned that last year, Chhatira was arrested by the local police and put behind bar following a false FIR lodged against him by the then BDO, Deogan Block in 2009. His fault was that he had sought information about irregularities in construction of Check Dam.
Regards
Pradip Pradhan
M-99378-43482
Date-25.11.2011
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