Attacks on RTI activists in India explained

Many Right to Information Act (RTI) activists, including policemen, have been harassed and even murdered for seeking information to "promote transparency and accountability in the working of every public authority" in India. Many face assaults on a regular basis. People seeking information from their gram panchayat and the local administration also face social ostracism. A few activists who sought information under RTI related to MNREGA scams, were killed.[1] [2] [3] Many threats and attacks (including murder) go unreported by the media.[4] [5]

Media reports of more than 300 instances of attacks on or harassment of citizens and at least 51 murders and 5 suicides can be linked to information sought under The Right to Information Act. Maharashtra followed by Gujarat tops the list for states with the most attacks on RTI users.[6]

Overview

RTI activists are vulnerable human rights defenders (HRDs) in India. Unlike other HRDs, a majority of the RTI activists are not part of an organisation; they often act alone, moved by anger at corruption and other illegal activities. RTI activists are vulnerable because they live in the same areas as public authorities and political leaders who do not want information about their activities to be disclosed.[7] For the most part, human rights defenders receive media attention only when killed or seriously injured. When complaints are made by RTI activists, law enforcement personnel (who often work with corrupt officials) do not take appropriate action https://www.moneylife.in/article/ribeiro-writes-to-maharashtra-dgp-to-treat-kumbhars-case-with-seriousness/41122.html. The Right to Information Act, 2005 provides inadequate protection to whistleblowers.https://www.freepressjournal.in/headlines/maharashtra-missing-rti-activist-vinayak-shirsath-found-dead-in-pune-police-suspect-murder/1458052 The Central Information Commission and the State Information Commissions are not mandated to deal with such threats or attacks or to provide protection when needed.[8] Attacks on RTI users have not ceased despite directions from several information commissions and state governments to protect them from harm.[9]

List of attacks

There are two sources of crowd sourced lists maintained of the attacks on people using RTI to seek transparency and accountability, primarily based on media reports. The first is via the National Campaign for People's Right to Information. A "Hall of Shame" is maintained by CHRI.[10]

Killed/Murdered

NameStateDistrict / LocationDateAttack typeNature of Activism
Sudhir ChaudharyGujaratTapi2024Killed[11]
Devjit SinghUttar PradeshAligarh[12] [13]
Gattu Vamana Rao and his wife NagamaniTelanganaPeddapalli2021-02-18Murdered by KnifeRTI filed for land issue, more details waiting for the culprits.
Ranjan Kumar DasOdishaKendrapara2020-02-01KilledRegularly filed RTIs on local issues, including brick kilns.[14]
Sanjay DubeyMaharashtraMumbai2019-05-20Murdered[15] Filed RTI regarding illegal construction and PIL in High court against a politician.[16] [17]
Chirag PatelGujratAhmadabad2019-03-16Killed[18] Obtaining information regarding MPLAD.
Vinayak ShirsathMaharashtraPune2019-02-12Murdered[19] Filed RTI regarding illegal construction.[20] [21]
Bhola SahBiharBanka2018-12-23Killed[22] Exposed financial irregularities in Social Welfare schemes.
Manoj TripathiMadhya PradeshBhopal2018-11-02Fall from building[23] [24] RTI filed. Complaint against powerful leader.[25]
Rohit Ashoke JunawareMaharashtraPune2018-11-01Killed[26] Construction related information.[27]
Kedar Singh JindanHimachal PradeshSirmaur2018-09-07Killed[28] Exposed various jobs related scam.
Parshuram PradhanOdisaSambhalpur2018-08-27Killed[29] Exposed corruption in cooperative societies
Valmiki YadavBiharJamui2018-07-01Killed[30] Exposed various corrupt practices in Panchayat level programme.[31] [32] [33]
Rajendra Prasad SinghBiharEast Champaran2018-06-21Killed[34] Exposed Several corruption in police recruitment, PDS, toilet scheme, health and education scheme through his RTI application.[35] [36] [37] [38]
Jayant KumarBiharVaishali2018-04-04Killed[39] [40] Exposed corruption in Bihar State Food Corporation.[41] Collected information regarding corrupt practices by policeman and politicians.[42]
Nanjibhai SondarvaGujaratRajkot2018-03-09Clubbed to deathFor filing RTIs to expose financial irregularities in the developmental works undertaken in a village[43]
Mirtyunjay SinghBiharBhojpur2017Killed
Mukesh DubeMadhya PradeshMoraina2017-09-26Stabbed to Death[44] [45] Exposed corruption in Panchayats
Md TahiruddinWest Bengal2016-11-19MurderedExposed MGNREGA scams in Gram Panchayat of Uttar Dinajpur district of West Bengal, disseminated Information to job card holders, whose bank accounts were used for withdrawing money in name of fake projects. He was working under the organization PACT Org as a volunteer, it is an organization working in the field of Transparency and anti-corruption
Lalit MehtaJharkhand2008-05-15Killed[46] Mehta used RTI to expose NREGA related scams. Fought for the social audit of NREGA
Kameshwar YadavJharkhand2008-06-07KilledSought information on the nexus among officers, politicians, contractors and middlemen in NREGA related irrigation projects in Deori.
VenkateshKarnataka2009-06-04
Satish ShettyMaharashtraPune2010-01-13Killed[47]
Arun SawantMaharashtra2010-01-02Killed[48]
Vishram Laxman DodiyaGujarat2010-02-11Killed[49]
Shashidhar MishraBiharBegusarai2010-02-14Killed[50]
Sola Ranga RaoAndhra Pradesh2010-04-11Killed
Vitthal GiteMaharashtraAurangabad2010-04-21Killed[51]
Dattatraya PatilMaharashtraIchalkaranji2010-05-22Killed[52]
Gopal PrasadBiharBuxar2010-07-19Killed
Amit JethwaGujaratAhmedabad2010-07-20Killed[53] Used RTI to expose illegal mining in the Gir Forest area. Dinu Boga arrested by CBI in this case. Earlier Gujarat police had given clean chit to Dinu Boga.
Vijay Pratap (alias Babbu Singh)Uttar Pradesh2010-07-25Killed[54]
Ramdas GhadegaonkarMaharashtra2010-08-27Killed[55]
Niyamat AnsariJharkhand2011-02-03KilledExposed corruption by contractors in work under MNREGA.
JagdishHaryana2011-10-02Attempt to kill[56] Jagdish and Phool Singh, another resident of his village, unearthed a pension scam and subsequently filed a case of alleged fraud against the accused in the court. The Village Head tried to kill him, but only managed to crush his legs and killed his daughter-in-law Sonu.
Amit KapasiaGujarat2011-12-29Killed[57]
Shehla MasoodMadhya Pradesh2011-08-16Killed[58]
Dr. Murlidhar JaiswalBiharMunger2012-03-04Killed
Rahul KumarBiharKatihar2012-03-11Killed
Rajesh YadavBiharGaya2012-12-12Killed
S BhuvaneswaranTamil Nadu2012-10-01Killed[59]
Nadeem SaiyedGujarat2011-05-11Killed (reason possibly unrelated)[60]
Ramvilas SinghBiharLakhisarai2011-08-12Killed (reason possibly unrelated)[61]
V BalasubramanianTamil Nadu2010-08-19Killed(?)[62]
Premnath JhaMaharashtraMumbai, Virar2012-02-25Killed[63] Filed several RTI queries with the Vasai Virar Municipal Corporation seeking details of several construction projects
Vasudeva AdigaKarnatkaUdupi2013-01-12Killed[64]
Ram Kumar ThakkurBiharRatnauli, Muzzafarpur2013-03-23Killed[65] Lawyer; Persisted with a legal case exposing "irregularities" in the implementation of NREGA welfare scheme in his village. Earlier, used RTI and exposed fraud involving sarpanch (village head).
Sanjay TyagiUttar PradeshMeerut2014-05-25Killed[66]
Shivshankar JhaBiharSaharsa2014Killed
Sandeep KothariMaharashtraNagpur2015-06-19 till 2015-06-21Strangled and then burned to death[67] Exposed illegal sand mining and land grabbing
Surendra SharmaBiharMasaurhi2015-04-03Killed[68]
Gopal TiwariBiharGopalganj2015Killed
Ramakan SinghBiharRohtas2016Killed
Ramesh AgarwalChattishgarhRaigarh2012-07-07Shot[69]
Vinayak BaligaKarnatakaMangalore2016-03-21Hacked to death[70] [71]

Assault

NameStateDateAttack typeNature of Activism
Yashwant ShindeMaharashtraJan 2020Physical assault Shinde had sought details under RTI on Worli police's seizure of Rs. 4 crore in cash from a car during state assembly elections.
Sambhuram BishnoiRajasthanOct 2013Abduct and Assault with hockey and iron rods in his village sarpanch's house while going for aadhaar card enrollment and killedExposed MNREGA, Sajal Dhara tubewell scam against his village sarpanch
Adv. Mohd. Hasim ShaikhMaharashtra5 Jan 2014Assault with Hockey and Iron rods in the late evening when going towards home, got major injuries and also got finger fractured, the assaulters took away the cell phone and a wallet.Exposed License scams in BMC and also got Penalized officers of BMC by State Information Commissions, working as an alert and active citizen, associated with various citizens group.
Rinku Singh RahiUttar Pradesh26 Mar 2009Assaulted, removed to a mental institution.[74] Rahi is a bureaucrat who used RTI to expose welfare scheme fraud in Muzzaffarnagar
Firoz Ibrahim KhanMaharashtra17 Nov 2007Assault[75]
Gopalbandhu ChhatriaOdisha2 Jan 2009Assault[76]
Ripu Daman OhriPunjab6 Jan 2009Assault[77]
MunikrishnaKarnataka27 Oct 2009Assault[78]
Ajay KumarDelhi1 Jan 2010Assault[79] Used RTI to enquire about private house/shop construction on public land under authorization given by a Delhi politician.
Kiran PandeyPunjab1 Oct 2010Assault[80]
Sumaira AbdulaliMaharashtra16 Mar 2010Assault (in 2003 at Kihim Beach and 2010 at Mahad)[81] [82] [83] RAJEEV SARKAR alias RAJIB SARKARWEST BENGAL20 July 2015Assault (in 2015 at Baguati and 2016 at Baguiati and arrest by false case 2017)[84] [85] [86]
Abhay PatilMaharashtra4 Jan 2010Assault[87]
Ashok Kumar ShindeMaharashtra17 Jul 2010Assault[88]
Budhai KumarUttar Pradesh8 Sept 2010Assault[89]
S Channabasappa PatilKarnataka9/16/10Assault[90]
Yashwant GavandMaharashtra1 February 2011Assault[91]
Arun Baburao ManeMaharashtra1 February 2011Assault[92]
Salman ReddyOrissa1/17/11Assault[93]
Safdar AliJammu and Kashmir1/20/11Assault[94]
Vikrant KarnikMaharashtra1/25/11Assault[95]
Amar PandeyUttar Pradesh1/27/11Assault[96]
Gopal Prasad, Anil Mittal, Nanda SawantDelhi2 March 2011Assault[97]
Mangala RamRajasthan3 March 2011Assault[98]
Bharat Guggul, Bhanji JogenGujarat3 May 2011Assault[99]
Vishnu MedhkarMaharashtra4 February 2011Assault
Dilip JaiswalMaharashtra4 May 2011Assault[100]
Arvind KaushalMaharashtra4 August 2011Assault[101]
Popat BargeMaharashtra4/17/11Assault[102]
Jai Bhagwan and KarambirHaryana5/21/11Assault[103]
Ismail PatwariMaharashtra5/27/11Assault[104]
C.P. SinghMaharashtra6/22/11Assault[105]
Baghu DewaniGujarat6/24/11Assault[106]
Ganasham KunkolkarGoa7/22/11Assault[107]
Jaisukh BambhaniaDaman and Diu8 August 2011Assault[108]
Sanjit DasMeghalaya8/14/11Assault[109]
Ajay AmbaliaGujarat8/31/11Assault[110]
Parshuram Kishanlal MaliGujarat9 July 2011Assault[111]
Manisha GoswamiGujarat9/21/11Assault[112]
Mehul KatariaMaharashtra10 July 2011Assault[113]
Santosh M TiwariMaharashtra, Gujarat10/16/11Assault[114]
Poonam SolankiGujarat12 February 2011Assault[115]
Akhilesh SaxenaUttar Pradesh2008Assault
Parameswar SabarOrissaJune 2011Assault[116]
Niren Pareek, Christopher MinzAssamMay 2007Assault[117]
Tapal GaneshKarnatakaUnknownAssault[118]
Purshottam ChauhanGujaratUnknownAssault[119]
Narayan HarekaOrissaUnknownAssault[120]
Akhil GogoiAssamUnknownAssault
Sumit Kumar MahatoJharkhandUnknownAssault
Ms. Poonam SolankiGujarat12 July 2011Assault[121] Human Rights Activist
DudhramRajasthan, Jaipur2 February 2012Assault[122]
Akhil GogoiAssam, Nalbari5 July 2012Assault[123]
Rajesh suresh BobadeMaharashtra21 September 2012Assault
L.K.ThapliyalUttarakhand25 July 2013AssaultBeaten up by a group of men including a ranger, Devendra Baurai from the Chilawali range of Rajaji National Park. Mr L.K. Thapliyal had filed a RTI against Rajaji National Park.
Anand Kumar SharmaOdisha11 Feb 2018Assault, Illegal detention by police and illegal custody by SDJMBeaten up in police station with grievous injury as he exposed the corruption in Police Department.
NilofarUttar Pradesh26 October 2018Assault[124] Exposed corruption against gram pradhan.
KrishanpalUttar pradesh15 May 2019Assault[125] Exposed illegal possession in government land.[126]

Harassment

NameStateDateAttack typeNature of Activism
Srikant PakalOdishaFeb 2020Harassment Harassment for filing case in Lokayukt seeking probe against Bishnupada Sethi IAS and alleged that the officer spent Rs 9.46 lakh towards the hospitalisation of his wife and father from the funds of Odisha State Cooperative Bank, in violation of the existing norms during his stint as secretary of cooperation department.[127]
Bibhav Kumar, Rajeev KumarUttar Pradesh1/26/07Harassment[128]
Tukaram BansodeMaharashtra12/31/07Harassment[129]
V GopalakrishnanTamil Nadu3/13/09Harassment[130]
Srikant PrabhuMaharashtra5 January 2009Harassment
Kishori RamBihar7/21/09Harassment
Goverdhan SinghRajasthan3 January 2010Harassment
Mohit SharmaDelhi3 December 2010Harassment[131]
Jay Kumar RaghuvanshiMaharashtra3/13/10Harassment[132]
Davinder KhuranaPunjab4 February 2010Harassment
Ramesh AgrawalChhattisgarh6/23/10Harassment
Ganesh BorhadeMaharashtra7 July 2010Harassment[133]
Manish BhatnagarMaharashtra7/18/10Harassment[134]
Harshad PatilMaharashtra8/13/10Harassment[135]
Gopalkrishnan, Siva Elango, Madhav VishnubhattaTamil Nadu9 January 2010Harassment[136]
Fatima Mynsong, Acquiline Songthiang, Matilda SutingMeghalaya9 January 2010Harassment[137]
Abhijit GhoshMaharashtra9 January 2010Harassment[138]
Ratna AlaGujarat9/29/10Harassment[139]
Bobby BasaiawmoitMeghalaya2 January 2011Harassment[140]
Mary Anne PohshnaMeghalaya3 September 2011Harassment[141]
Sanjay GuravMaharashtra3/22/11Harassment[142]
M Z AliKarnataka5 October 2011Harassment[143]
Ketan ShahGujarat5 December 2011Harassment[144] [145]
Ravinder RathiHaryana6 February 2011Harassment[146]
Payi GyadiArunachal Pradesh6 May 2011Harassment[147]
Brijesh KumarDelhi8 February 2011Harassment[148]
Ashok PaswanBihar8/19/11Harassment[149]
Arvind SharmaPunjab9 May 2011Harassment[150]
Derrick DiasGoa9 November 2011Harassment
Subhash AggarwalDelhi10 July 2011Harassment[151]
Sheeba Fehmi and Arshad Ali FehmiDelhi10 August 2011Harassment[152]
Sanjay GuravMaharashtra11/28/11Harassment[153]
Anupam Saraf, Vaibhav Gandhi and Dinesh ShahMaharashtra12/13/11Harassment[154]
R. MarijosephKarnataka12/30/11Harassment[155]
Kishan Lal GeraHaryanaSince 2008Harassment[156]
R V PrasannaKarnatakaSince 2009Harassment[157]
Shiv Prakash RaiBiharMay 2008Harassment
Takhellambam Ibempishak, Sagolsem Memcha and Konjengbam AnitaManipurSince Apr 2011Harassment[158]
Pawan SharmaUttar PradeshSince 11 April 2011Harassment[159]
EmmanuelAndhra PradeshFebruary and March 2011Harassment[160]
Jagbir SinghDelhiSince February 2011Harassment[161]
Biren LuwangManipurSince April 2011Harassment[162]
Injambakkam H SekarTamil NaduSince August 2011Harassment[163]
Khirasindhu SagriaOrrisaSince November 2011Harassment[164]
Muzibur RehmanUnknown2007Harassment[165]
Saleem BaigUttar Pradesh2007Harassment
Asith SangmaMeghalaya2008Harassment
Ashok VermaPunjab2009Harassment[166]
KheemaramRajasthan2010Harassment[167]
Shivaji RautMaharashtraJune 2011Harassment[168]
Ajay GakharDelhiJuly 2011Harassment[169]
All Gujarat RTI usersGujaratJuly 2011Harassment[170]
Ankur PatilMaharashtraSeptember 2011Harassment[171]
Gunjan MehtaGujaratDecember 2011Harassment[172]
DurgaDelhi2011Harassment[173]
C J KariraAndhra Pradesh2011Harassment[174]
Nelapati Papireddy, Pachalla Suryanarayana Reddy and Kovuru Satyanarayana ReddyAndhra Pradesh2011Harassment[175]
Mohinder KumarPunjabUnknownHarassment[176]
Anwar ShaikhMaharashtraUnknownHarassment[177]
Y. Ekyimo KikonNagalandUnknownHarassment[178]
Ashok RathodGujaratUnknownHarassment[179]
Bharat H Gajjar, Milan JoshiGujaratUnknownHarassment[180]
Rolly ShivhareMadhya PradeshUnknownHarassment
Jai Prakash AryaDelhiUnknownHarassment[181]
Gian SinghDelhiUnknownHarassment
Ram SagarDelhiUnknownHarassment[182]
Sumankant RaichaudhariBiharUnknownHarassment[183]
Piyusha TiwariRajasthanUnknownHarassment[184]
Rayabhai ZapadiyaGujaratUnknownHarassment[185]
RazuddinHaryanaUnknownHarassment[186]
RukhminibhaiAndhra PradeshUnknownHarassment[187]
Roshan LoboKarnatakaUnknownHarassment[188]
Bhadresh WamjaGujaratUnknownHarassment
Bhanjibhai Jogel and Bharatbhai GhughalGujaratUnknownHarassment
Sudhir YadavHaryana, Gurgaon6 October 2013Harassment[189] An RTI Activist who tried to Bring all the documents of Corruption From Villages of the Block Farrukh Nagar, Gurgaon was threaten to be killed if he continue filling the RTI against Sarpanch and keep asking about the development work.
Dilip kumar reddy kHyderabad3 Jan 2014Removed from the jobExposed corruption in engineering college fee reimbursement and seat allocation at aurora Institute.
Mushtaq PahalgamiJammu and Kashmir 27 December 2010Physically attacked, abused, threatened against filing any further RTIs/PILs[190] Exposed forest land-grab attempts by the local land mafia, helped ensure the High Court construction ban in the region[191]

Suicide

See also

Notes and References

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