AN RTI ACTIVIST SACRIFICES LIFE EVERY MONTH
THE PRICE TO FIGHT CORRUPTION
MAHARASHTRA TAKES THE LEAD
| Date | Name, Age, State | FAULT |
| 27/ 28th August 2010 | Ramdas, 41, Maharasthra | Trying to expose corruption in PDS |
| 20th July, 2010 | Amit Jethwa, 33, Gujrat | Exposing illegal mining allegedly by BJP leader. |
| 26.5.10` | Datta Patil, 47, Maharashtra | Was closed to Anna Hazare, exposed many cases of corruption in Police and Municipal Corporation. |
| 21.4.10 | Vittal Gite, 39, Maharashtra | Exposed irregularities in a village school using RTI |
| 11.4.10 | Sola Ramnga Rao, 30, Andhra Pradesh | Exposed corruption in funds for drainage system |
| 26.2.10 | Arun Sawant, Maharashtra | Opened front with the help of RTI against the Badalpur Municipal Corpn and local leaders. |
| 14.2.10 | Shashidhar Mishra, Bihar | Popularly known as "Khabri Lal", exposed scams in the welfare schemes through RTI at local panchayat and block level. |
| 11.2.10 | Vishram Laxman Dodiha, Gujarat | Asked for information against illegal electric connection, after refusal to withdraw the application, was shot dead while returning home from Police Station where he refused to withdraw RTI appln. (Source – Apna Panna). |
| 13.1.2010 | Satish Shetty, 30, Maharashtra | Has blown the whistle on a series of land scams. |
Government should order an independent inquiry into the mysterious death of RTI activist, Mr Ramdass-Bapuji-Ubale Ghadegaonkar in Nanded to clear the apprehension of the involvement of the PDS scamsters because of Mr Ramdass campaign against the corruption in PDS. Forensic Lab experts may also help the probing agency.
as beleived Commissioner of Police is probing into the matter,
Leslie Almeida
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