Eight murders in seven months, their questions became reason for their murder. From land scandal to exposure of illicit mining activities. These honest warriors of society met an abhorrent fate for speaking truth and  their expectation of justice was smothered. They became a danger for those who are corrupt. In the last seven years eight RTI workers lost their lives. On the 20th of July in Ahemdabad Amit Jethwa an RTI worker was killed publicly with bullet. According to Right to Information law, Jethwa exposed the issue of illicit mining in jungle of Geer. Police says that behind his murder is the mining mafiaso. But dismal father of Jethwa,  Bhikhu bhai says that his son was murdered by BJP leader and parliamentarian Deenu Bhai Solanki. This allegation has huge effect as Jethwa complained about his illegal activities.  Jethwa even stood as independent   against him in Lok sabha elections. He was attacked several times. A cement company also suffered because of him. Bhikhu wants CBI to investigate the murder of his son. The irony lies in the fact that the issue is somehow related to BJP ,this is why the BJP state government and police won’t be able to do justice. In every big scandal a politician or officer is certainly involved. And when a common person reveals the truth one can imagine the consequence. What happen to Satish Shetty of Pune? This social worker was killed for his loud clamour  against corruption. In the early morning when he came out of his house he was attacked brutally by weapons. The 38 year old man used to live in Talegaon which is 40 km away from Pune. According to right to information he exposed many cases like that. He was also the coordinator of corruption elimination committee. In Maharashtra many land scandals took place , Mumbai, Pune expressway scams were exposed. He became target of Land Mafiaso.

In May 2010 Dutta Patil of Maharashtra who was supporter of Anna Hazare was killed. With the help of RTI he exposed corruption cases. Because of him a DSP and a senior police officer was extricated from their position. Obtrusively, all the incidents manifests that the criminals were very powerful. In April 2010 in Andhra Pradesh Sola Rangarau was killed. Rau asked question about the fund for development of sewer in the village. In February 2010 in Begusarai of Bihar  resident Shashidhar Mishra was shot dead. He was famous for collecting news. Many people didn’t like his effort and veracity.

All the incidence of violence and  brutalities  took place in the same  year.  However two years back a social  worker Lalit Mehta was killed as he tried to go for social audit of National Rural employment guarantee programme. But just a day before special audit he was killed atrociously. Lalit Mehta who became a social worker was engineer by profession. He was prominent member of food right compaign in Palamu district. Police did his post mortem in hurry and he was buried just 25 kilometres away from the area where incident took place. After 12 days of brutal murder of Lalit Mehta social audit was done. Audit revealed the fact that according to the scheme from 73 crore rupee a major portion went to contractor , officials and development Mafiaso.

If the present management is not able to do anything in this regard than what could be the solution. Many RTI workers, journalists and citizens gathered at Gandhi peace foundation on 26 of July. An hour long discussion took place at Samta Sthal of Gandhi Peace Foundation. The conclusion that came out was that Lokyukata and institutions like these should be made more powerful. Another practical solution was given by Arvind Kejariwal that whenever an RTI activist gets warning  500 thousand people should file application from the same name. Government must give attention in these cases before it gets too late.

7 months 8 deaths; Unfortunate Fate of Warriors of Truth

Eight murders in seven months, their questions became reason for their murder. From land scandal to exposure of illicit mining activities. These honest warriors of society met an abhorrent fate for speaking truth and  their expectation of justice was smothered. They became a danger for those who are corrupt. In the last seven years eight RTI workers lost their lives. On the 20th of July in Ahemdabad Amit Jethwa an RTI worker was killed publicly with bullet. According to Right to Information law, Jethwa exposed the issue of illicit mining in jungle of Geer. Police says that behind his murder is the mining mafiaso. But dismal father of Jethwa,  Bhikhu bhai says that his son was murdered by BJP leader and parliamentarian Deenu Bhai Solanki. This allegation has huge effect as Jethwa complained about his illegal activities.  Jethwa even stood as independent   against him in Lok sabha elections. He was attacked several times. A cement company also suffered because of him. Bhikhu wants CBI to investigate the murder of his son. The irony lies in the fact that the issue is somehow related to BJP ,this is why the BJP state government and police won’t be able to do justice. In every big scandal a politician or officer is certainly involved. And when a common person reveals the truth one can imagine the consequence. What happen to Satish Shetty of Pune? This social worker was killed for his loud clamour  against corruption. In the early morning when he came out of his house he was attacked brutally by weapons. The 38 year old man used to live in Talegaon which is 40 km away from Pune. According to right to information he exposed many cases like that. He was also the coordinator of corruption elimination committee. In Maharashtra many land scandals took place , Mumbai, Pune expressway scams were exposed. He became target of Land Mafiaso.

In May 2010 Dutta Patil of Maharashtra who was supporter of Anna Hazare was killed. With the help of RTI he exposed corruption cases. Because of him a DSP and a senior police officer was extricated from their position. Obtrusively, all the incidents manifests that the criminals were very powerful. In April 2010 in Andhra Pradesh Sola Rangarau was killed. Rau asked question about the fund for development of sewer in the village. In February 2010 in Begusarai of Bihar  resident Shashidhar Mishra was shot dead. He was famous for collecting news. Many people didn’t like his effort and veracity.

All the incidence of violence and  brutalities  took place in the same  year.  However two years back a social  worker Lalit Mehta was killed as he tried to go for social audit of National Rural employment guarantee programme. But just a day before special audit he was killed atrociously. Lalit Mehta who became a social worker was engineer by profession. He was prominent member of food right compaign in Palamu district. Police did his post mortem in hurry and he was buried just 25 kilometres away from the area where incident took place. After 12 days of brutal murder of Lalit Mehta social audit was done. Audit revealed the fact that according to the scheme from 73 crore rupee a major portion went to contractor , officials and development Mafiaso.

If the present management is not able to do anything in this regard than what could be the solution. Many RTI workers, journalists and citizens gathered at Gandhi peace foundation on 26 of July. An hour long discussion took place at Samta Sthal of Gandhi Peace Foundation. The conclusion that came out was that Lokyukata and institutions like these should be made more powerful. Another practical solution was given by Arvind Kejariwal that whenever an RTI activist gets warning  500 thousand people should file application from the same name. Government must give attention in these cases before it gets too late.