http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Harassed-by-litigants--will-approach-cops--Info-panel-boss/658395
At a time when activists using Right to Information as a tool to expose corruption face threats to their lives, State Information Commissioner Vijay Kuvlekar is grappling with a different threat from those upset by his verdicts or litigants wanting to jump the queue for an earlier hearing.
Fed up by constant interference in his job, Kuvlekar has decided to lodge a complaint with police against those trying to force him into giving favourable verdicts.
"We will submit a written complaint to police about attempts to blackmail the SIC and even threaten the staff," SIC deputy secretary Raviraj Phalle told this paper on Monday. "In fact, we had gone to the police with a written complaint today but since senior police officers were not available, we will file it on Tuesday," he said.
Kuvlekar said he wouldn't have asked his staff to file the complaint, but this interference had irritated him so much that it was affecting RTI work and hearing of cases. "The staff were also suffering due to unwarranted and unnecessary pressure tactics adopted by litigants," Phalle said.
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