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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. Many threats and attacks (including murder) are unreported by the media.[1]

Rising voices

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. 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. The Right to Information Act, 2005 provides inadequate protection to whistleblowers. 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.[2]

Protection of RTI activists was raised in Parliament several times during 2010. The Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Shri V. Narayanasamy, when replying to Unstarred Question No. 3456 in the Lok Sabha on 1 December 2010, stated that reports had appeared in the media about the victimization of people who use Right to Information provisions. However, he asserted that the Indian Penal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure have adequate provisions enabling the law-enforcement systems in the states to take preventive and punitive action against such threats. He further stated that the government of India has urged the chief ministers of the states and administrators of union territories to promptly inquire into such incidents and take action against the offenders. However, no action is taken even after the court orders it.[citation needed] The Bombay High Court, when hearing the case of the murder of RTI activist Satish Shetty in Maharashtra on 7 May 2010, ordered the state government to provide police protection to any person (or organization) complaining of threats or the use of force after filing applications under the RTI Act. The high court also directed the state government to set up provisions for speedy investigation of cases of threats or attacks against social activists, a monitoring system and a database of social activists within 90 days. However, the cases of attacks on activists in Maharashtra increased.[citation needed]

There is a need to amend the RTI Act to provide for the protection of those seeking information under the Act. The Asian Centre for Human Rights recommends that a separate chapter, “Protection of those seeking information under the(RTI) Act”,[3] be inserted into the Act. Protection measures should include (a)mandatory, immediate registration of complaints of threats or attacks against RTI activists on the First Information Report and placing such FIRs before the magistrate or judge of the area within 24 hours for issuance of directions for protection of those under threats and their family members, and periodic review of such protection measures; (b)conducting inquiry into threats or attacks by a police officer not below the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police/Assistant Commissioner of Police, to be concluded within 90 days; and (c)trial of the accused within six months. Further, concerned Public Information Officers, First Appellate Authorities and those directly related with the information sought under the RTI Act should be presumed to have abetted the offenses against the RTI activists unless evidence proves otherewise.

List of assaults

Name State Date Attack type
Sanjib Tanti Assam 6/11/07 Assault[4]
Rinku Singh Rahi Uttar Pradesh 26/03/2009 Assault[5]
Firoz Ibrahim Khan Maharashta 11/17/07 Assault[6]
Gopalbandhu Chhatria Orrisa 2/1/09 Assault[7]
Ripu Daman Ohri Punjab 6/1/09 Assault[8]
Sanjib Nandi Punjab 7/6/09 Assault[9]
Munikrishna Karnataka 10/27/09 Assault[10]
Ajay Kumar Delhi 1/1/10 Assault[11]
Nayana Kathpalia Maharashtra 1/8/10 Assault[12]
Kiran Pandey Punjab 1/10/10 Assault[13]
Sumaira Abdulali Maharashtra 3/16/10 Assault[14]
Abhay Patil Maharashtra 4/1/10 Assault[15]
Ashok Kumar Shinde Maharashtra 7/17/10 Assault[16]
Budhai Kumar Uttar Pradesh 8/9/10 Assault[17]
S Channabasappa Patil Karnataka 9/16/10 Assault[18]
Yashwant Gavand Maharashtra 1/2/11 Assault[19]
Arun Baburao Mane Maharashtra 1/2/11 Assault[20]
Salman Reddy Orissa 1/17/11 Assault[21]
Safdar Ali Jammu and Kashmir 1/20/11 Assault[22]
Vikrant Karnik Maharashtra 1/25/11 Assault[23]
Amar Pandey Uttar Pradesh 1/27/11 Assault[24]
Gopal Prasad, Anil Mittal, Nanda Sawant Delhi 2/3/11 Assault[25]
Mangala Ram Rajasthan 3/3/11 Assault[26]
Bharat Guggul, Bhanji Jogen Gujarat 3/5/11 Assault[27]
Vishnu Medhkar Maharashtra 4/2/11 Assault[26]
Dilip Jaiswal Maharashtra 4/5/11 Assault[28]
Arvind Kaushal Maharashtra 4/8/11 Assault[29]
Popat Barge Maharashtra 4/17/11 Assault[30]
Jai Bhagwan and Karambir Haryana 5/21/11 Assault[31]
Ismail Patwari Maharashtra 5/27/11 Assault[32]
C.P. Singh Maharashtra 6/22/11 Assault[33]
Baghu Dewani Gujarat 6/24/11 Assault[34]
Ganasham Kunkolkar Goa 7/22/11 Assault[35]
Jaisukh Bambhania Daman and Diu 8/8/11 Assault[36]
Sanjit Das Meghalaya 8/14/11 Assault[37]
Ajay Ambalia Gujarat 8/31/11 Assault[38]
Parshuram Kishanlal Mali Gujarat 9/7/11 Assault[39]
Manisha Goswami Gujarat 9/21/11 Assault[40]
Mehul Kataria Maharashtra 10/7/11 Assault[41]
Santosh M Tiwari Maharashtra, Gujarat 10/16/11 Assault[42]
Poonam Solanki Gujarat 12/2/11 Assault[43]
Akhilesh Saxena Uttar Pradesh 2008 Assault[44]
Parameswar Sabar Orissa June 2011 Assault[45]
Niren Pareek, Christopher Minz Assam May 2007 Assault[46]
Tapal Ganesh Karnataka Unknown Assault[47]
Purshottam Chauhan Gujarat Unknown Assault[48]
Narayan Hareka Orissa Unknown Assault[49]
Akhil Gogoi Assam Unknown Assault[50]
Sumit Kumar Mahato Jharkhand Unknown Assault[44]
Bibhav Kumar, Rajeev Kumar Uttar Pradesh 1/26/07 Harassment[51]
Tukaram Bansode Maharashtra 12/31/07 Harassment[52]
V Gopalakrishnan Tamil Nadu 3/13/09 Harassment[53]
Srikant Prabhu Maharashta 5/1/09 Harassment[44]
Kishori Ram Bihar 7/21/09 Harassment[44]
Goverdhan Singh Rajasthan 3/1/10 Harassment[44]
Mohit Sharma Delhi 3/12/10 Harassment[54]
Jay Kumar Raghuvanshi Maharashtra 3/13/10 Harassment[55]
Davinder Khurana Punjab 4/2/10 Harassment[44]
Ramesh Agrawal Chattisgarh 6/23/10 Harassment[44]
Ganesh Borhade Maharashtra 7/7/10 Harassment[56]
Manish Bhatnagar Maharashtra 7/18/10 Harassment[57]
Harshad Patil Maharashta 8/13/10 Harassment[58]
Gopalkrishnan, Siva Elango, Madhav Vishnubhatta Tamil Nadu 9/1/10 Harassment[59]
Fatima Mynsong, Acquiline Songthiang, Matilda Suting Meghalaya 9/1/10 Harassment[60]
Abhijit Ghosh Maharashta 9/1/10 Harassment[61]
Ratna Ala Gujarat 9/29/10 Harassment[62]
Bobby Basaiawmoit Meghalaya 2/1/11 Harassment[63]
Mary Anne Pohshna Meghalaya 3/9/11 Harassment[64]
Sanjay Gurav Maharashtra 3/22/11 Harassment[65]
M Z Ali Karnataka 5/10/11 Harassment[66]
Ketan Shah Gujarat 5/12/11 Harassment[67]
Ravinder Rathi Haryana 6/2/11 Harassment[68]
Payi Gyadi Arunachal Pradesh 6/5/11 Harassment[69]
Brijesh Kumar Delhi 8/2/11 Harassment[70]
Ashok Paswan Bihar 8/19/11 Harassment[71]
Arvind Sharma Punjab 9/5/11 Harassment[72]
Derrick Dias Goa 9/11/11 Harassment[35]
Subhash Aggarwal Delhi 10/7/11 Harassment[73]
Sheeba Fehmi and Arshad Ali Fehmi Delhi 10/8/11 Harassment[74]
Sanjay Gurav Maharashtra 11/28/11 Harassment[75]
Anupam Saraf, Vaibhav Gandhi and Dinesh Shah Maharashtra 12/13/11 Harassment[76]
R. Marijoseph Karnataka 12/30/11 Harassment[77]
Kishan Lal Gera Haryana Since 2008 Harassment[78]
R V Prasanna Karnataka Since 2009 Harassment[79]
Shiv Prakash Rai Bihar May 2008 Harassment[71]
Takhellambam Ibempishak, Sagolsem Memcha

and Konjengbam Anita

Manipur Since Apr 2011 Harassment[80]
Pawan Sharma Uttar Pradesh Since April 11, 2011 Harassment[81]
Emmanuel Andhra Pradesh February and March 2011 Harassment[82]
Jagbir Singh Delhi Since February 2011 Harassment[83]
Biren Luwang Manipur Since April 2011 Harassment[84]
Injambakkam H Sekar Tamil Nadu Since August 2011 Harassment[85]
Khirasindhu Sagria Orrisa Since November 2011 Harassment[86]
Muzibur Rehman Unknown 2007 Harassment[87]
Saleem Baig Uttar Pradesh 2007 Harassment[44]
Asith Sangma Meghalaya 2008 Harassment[44]
Ashok Verma Punjab 2009 Harassment[88]
Kheemaram Rajasthan 2010 Harassment[89]
Shivaji Raut Maharashtra June 2011 Harassment[90]
Ajay Gakhar Delhi July 2011 Harassment[91]
All Gujarat RTI users Gujarat July 2011 Harassment[92]
Ankur Patil Maharashtra September 2011 Harassment[93]
Gunjan Mehta Gujarat December 2011 Harassment[94]
Durga Delhi 2011 Harassment[95]
C J Karira Andhra Pradesh 2011 Harassment[96]
Nelapati Papireddy, Pachalla Suryanarayana Reddy

and Kovuru Satyanarayana Reddy

Andhra Pradesh 2011 Harassment[97]
Mohinder Kumar Punjab Unknown Harassment[98]
Anwar Shaikh Maharashtra Unknown Harassment[99]
Y. Ekyimo Kikon Nagaland Unknown Harassment[100]
Ashok Rathod Gujarat Unknown Harassment[101]
Bharat H Gajjar, Milan Joshi Gujarat Unknown Harassment[102]
Rolly Shivhare Madhya Pradesh Unknown Harassment[44]
Jai Prakash Arya Delhi Unknown Harassment[103]
Gian Singh Delhi Unknown Harassment[103]
Ram Sagar Delhi Unknown Harassment[104]
Sumankant Raichaudhari Bihar Unknown Harassment[105]
Piyusha Tiwari Rajasthan Unknown Harassment[106]
Rayabhai Zapadiya Gujarat Unknown Harassment[107]
Razuddin Harayana Unknown Harassment[108]
Rukhminibhai Andhra Pradesh Unknown Harassment[109]
Roshan Lobo Karnataka Unknown Harassment[110]
Bhadresh Wamja Gujarat Unknown Harassment[40]
Bhanjibhai Jogel and Bharatbhai Ghughal Gujarat Unknown Harassment[40]
Lalit Mehta Jharkhand 5/15/08 Killed[111]
Kameshwar Yadav Jharkhand 6/7/08 Killed[112]
Venkatesh Karnataka 4/6/09 Killed[113]
Satish Shetty Maharashtra 1/13/10 Killed[114]
Arun Sawant Maharashtra 2/1/10 Killed[115]
Vishram Laxman Dodiya Gujarat 2/11/10 Killed[116]
Shashidhar Mishra Bihar 2/14/10 Killed[117]
Sola Ranga Rao Andhra Pradesh 4/11/10 Killed[118]
Vitthal Gite Maharashtra 4/21/10 Killed[119]
Dattatraya Patil Maharashtra 5/22/10 Killed[120]
Amit Jethwa Gujarat 7/20/10 Killed[121]
Vijay Pratap (alias Babbu Singh) Uttar Pradesh 7/25/10 Killed[122]
Ramdas Ghadegaonkar Maharashtra 8/27/10 Killed[123]
Sonu Haryana 2/10/11 Killed[124]
Niyamat Ansari Jharkhand 3/2/11 Killed[125]
Amit Kapasia Gujarat 12/29/11 Killed[126]
Shehla Masood Madhya Pradesh 8/16/11 Killed[127]
S Bhuvaneswaran Tamil Nadu 1/10/12 Killed[128]
Nadeem Saiyed Gujarat 11/5/11 Killed (reason possibly unrelated)[129]
Ramvilas Singh Bihar 12/8/11 Killed (reason possibly unrelated)[130]
V Balasubramanian Tamil Nadu 8/19/10 Killed(?)[131]
Jabbardan Gadhvi Gujarat 2/22/11 Suicide[132]
Poonam Solanki Gujarat 12/7/11 Assault[133]
Dudhram Jaipur, Rajasthan 2/9/1212 Assault[134]
Premnath Jha Virar, Mumbai 25 Feb 2012 Killed[135]}
Abhijeet Sinha Rajeev Nagar Police, Patna, Bihar 23/05/12 Assault(reason RTI & Complaint)[136] [137][138][139][140]
Akhil Gogoi Nalbari, Assam July 5, 2012 Assault [141]
Ramesh Agarwal Raigarh, Chhattisgarh July 7, 2012 Shot[142]
Rajesh suresh Bobade Amravati, Maharashtra September 21,2012 Assault

See also

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