Attacks on RTI activists in India

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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. 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]

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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 . 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. [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
Gattu Vamana Rao and his wife Nagamani Telangana Peddapalli 2021-02-18Murdered by KnifeRTI filed for land issue, more details waiting for the culprits.
Ranjan Kumar Das Odisha Kendrapara 2020-02-01KilledRegularly filed RTIs on local issues, including brick kilns. [11]
Sanjay Dubey Maharashtra Mumbai 2019-05-20Murdered [12] Filed RTI regarding illegal construction and PIL in High court against a politician. [13] [14]
Chirag Patel Gujrat Ahmadabad 2019-03-16Killed [15] Obtaining information regarding MPLAD.
Vinayak Shirsath Maharashtra Pune 2019-02-12Murdered [16] Filed RTI regarding illegal construction. [17] [18]
Bhola Sah Bihar Banka 2018-12-23Killed [19] Exposed financial irregularities in Social Welfare schemes. [19]
Manoj Tripathi Madhya Pradesh Bhopal 2018-11-02Fall from building [20] [21] RTI filed. Complaint against powerful leader. [21] [22]
Rohit Ashoke Junaware Maharashtra Pune 2018-11-01Killed [23] Construction related information. [24]
Kedar Singh Jindan Himachal Pradesh Sirmaur 2018-09-07Killed [25] Exposed various jobs related scam. [25]
Parshuram Pradhan Odisa Sambhalpur 2018-08-27Killed [26] Exposed corruption in cooperative societies [26]
Valmiki Yadav Bihar Jamui 2018-07-01Killed [27] Exposed various corrupt practices in Panchayat level programme. [28] [29] [30]
Rajendra Prasad SinghBihar East Champaran 2018-06-21Killed [31] Exposed Several corruption in police recruitment, PDS, toilet scheme, health and education scheme through his RTI application. [32] [33] [34] [35]
Jayant KumarBihar Vaishali 2018-04-04Killed [36] [37] Exposed corruption in Bihar State Food Corporation. [38] Collected information regarding corrupt practices by policeman and politicians. [39]
Nanjibhai SondarvaGujarat Rajkot 2018-03-09Clubbed to deathFor filing RTIs to expose financial irregularities in the developmental works undertaken in a village [40]
Mirtyunjay SinghBihar Bhojpur 2017Killed [41]
Mukesh DubeMadhya Pradesh Moraina 2017-09-26Stabbed to Death [42] [43] Exposed corruption in Panchayats
Md Tahiruddin West Bengal 2016-11-19MurderedExposed 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 Mehta Jharkhand 2008-05-15Killed [44] Mehta used RTI to expose NREGA related scams. Fought for the social audit of NREGA
Kameshwar YadavJharkhand2008-06-07Killed [3] Sought information on the nexus among officers, politicians, contractors and middlemen in NREGA related irrigation projects in Deori.
VenkateshKarnataka2009-06-04
Satish Shetty Maharashtra Pune 2010-01-13Killed [45]
Arun SawantMaharashtra2010-01-02Killed [46]
Vishram Laxman DodiyaGujarat2010-02-11Killed [47]
Shashidhar MishraBihar Begusarai 2010-02-14Killed [48]
Sola Ranga Rao Andhra Pradesh 2010-04-11Killed [47]
Vitthal GiteMaharashtra Aurangabad 2010-04-21Killed [49]
Dattatraya PatilMaharashtra Ichalkaranji 2010-05-22Killed [50]
Gopal PrasadBihar Buxar 2010-07-19Killed [41]
Amit Jethwa Gujarat Ahmedabad 2010-07-20Killed [51] 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 [52]
Ramdas GhadegaonkarMaharashtra2010-08-27Killed [53]
Niyamat AnsariJharkhand2011-02-03Killed [1] Exposed corruption by contractors in work under MNREGA. [1]
Jagdish Haryana 2011-10-02Attempt to kill [54] 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 [55]
Shehla Masood Madhya Pradesh2011-08-16Killed [56]
Dr. Murlidhar JaiswalBihar Munger 2012-03-04Killed [41]
Rahul KumarBihar Katihar 2012-03-11Killed [41]
Rajesh YadavBihar Gaya 2012-12-12Killed [41]
S Bhuvaneswaran Tamil Nadu 2012-10-01Killed [57]
Nadeem SaiyedGujarat2011-05-11Killed (reason possibly unrelated) [58]
Ramvilas SinghBihar Lakhisarai 2011-08-12Killed (reason possibly unrelated) [59]
V BalasubramanianTamil Nadu2010-08-19Killed(?) [60]
Premnath JhaMaharashtra Mumbai, Virar 2012-02-25Killed [61] Filed several RTI queries with the Vasai Virar Municipal Corporation seeking details of several construction projects
Vasudeva AdigaKarnatka Udupi 2013-01-12Killed [62]
Ram Kumar ThakkurBihar Ratnauli, Muzzafarpur 2013-03-23Killed [2] [63] 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). [2] [63]
Sanjay Tyagi Uttar Pradesh Meerut 2014-05-25Killed [64]
Shivshankar JhaBihar Saharsa 2014Killed
Sandeep Kothari Maharashtra Nagpur 2015-06-19 till 2015-06-21Strangled and then burned to death [65] Exposed illegal sand mining and land grabbing
Surendra SharmaBihar Masaurhi 2015-04-03Killed [41]
Gopal TiwariBihar Gopalganj 2015Killed [41]
Ramakan SinghBihar Rohtas 2016Killed [41]
Ramesh Agarwal Chattishgarh Raigarh 2012-07-07Shot [66]
Vinayak BaligaKarnataka Mangalore 2016-03-21Hacked to death [67] [68]

Abducted/Kidnapped and Tortured

NameStateDistrict / LocationDateAttack typeNature of Activism
Anoop SinghUttar Pradesh Noida, Dankaur Town December 2013Abducted and TorturedAn RTI activist was abducted from Dankaur town in Gautam Budh Nagar district on 13 December, burnt with cigarette butts on his private parts and beaten with iron rods before being dumped near a petrol pump in a neighbouring district four days later.

[69] [70]

Assault

NameStateDateAttack typeNature of Activism
Yashwant ShindeMaharashtraJan 2020Physical assaultShinde 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 Rahi Uttar Pradesh26 Mar 2009Assaulted, removed to a mental institution. [71] Rahi is a bureaucrat who used RTI to expose welfare scheme fraud in Muzzaffarnagar
Firoz Ibrahim KhanMaharashtra17 Nov 2007Assault [72]
Gopalbandhu ChhatriaOdisha2 Jan 2009Assault [73]
Ripu Daman Ohri Punjab 6 Jan 2009Assault [74]
MunikrishnaKarnataka27 Oct 2009Assault [75]
Ajay Kumar Delhi 1 Jan 2010Assault [76] Used RTI to enquire about private house/shop construction on public land under authorization given by a Delhi politician.
Kiran PandeyPunjab1 Oct 2010Assault [77]
Sumaira Abdulali Maharashtra16 Mar 2010Assault (in 2003 at Kihim Beach and 2010 at Mahad) [78] [79] [80]
Abhay PatilMaharashtra4 Jan 2010Assault [81]
Ashok Kumar ShindeMaharashtra17 Jul 2010Assault [82]
Budhai KumarUttar Pradesh8 Sept 2010Assault [83]
S Channabasappa PatilKarnataka9/16/10Assault [84]
Yashwant GavandMaharashtra1 February 2011Assault [85]
Arun Baburao ManeMaharashtra1 February 2011Assault [86]
Salman ReddyOrissa1/17/11Assault [87]
Safdar Ali Jammu and Kashmir 1/20/11Assault [88]
Vikrant KarnikMaharashtra1/25/11Assault [89]
Amar PandeyUttar Pradesh1/27/11Assault [90]
Gopal Prasad, Anil Mittal, Nanda SawantDelhi2 March 2011Assault [91]
Mangala Ram Rajasthan 3 March 2011Assault [92]
Bharat Guggul, Bhanji JogenGujarat3 May 2011Assault [93]
Vishnu MedhkarMaharashtra4 February 2011Assault [92]
Dilip JaiswalMaharashtra4 May 2011Assault [94]
Arvind KaushalMaharashtra4 August 2011Assault [95]
Popat BargeMaharashtra4/17/11Assault [96]
Jai Bhagwan and KarambirHaryana5/21/11Assault [97]
Ismail PatwariMaharashtra5/27/11Assault [98]
C.P. SinghMaharashtra6/22/11Assault [99]
Baghu DewaniGujarat6/24/11Assault [100]
Ganasham Kunkolkar Goa 7/22/11Assault [101]
Jaisukh Bambhania Daman and Diu 8 August 2011Assault [102]
Sanjit Das Meghalaya 8/14/11Assault [103]
Ajay AmbaliaGujarat8/31/11Assault [104]
Parshuram Kishanlal MaliGujarat9 July 2011Assault [105]
Manisha GoswamiGujarat9/21/11Assault [106]
Mehul KatariaMaharashtra10 July 2011Assault [107]
Santosh M TiwariMaharashtra, Gujarat10/16/11Assault [108]
Poonam SolankiGujarat12 February 2011Assault [109]
Akhilesh SaxenaUttar Pradesh2008Assault [73]
Parameswar SabarOrissaJune 2011Assault [110]
Niren Pareek, Christopher Minz Assam May 2007Assault [111]
Tapal GaneshKarnatakaUnknownAssault [112]
Purshottam ChauhanGujaratUnknownAssault [113]
Narayan HarekaOrissaUnknownAssault [114]
Akhil Gogoi AssamUnknownAssault [111]
Sumit Kumar MahatoJharkhandUnknownAssault [73]
Ms. Poonam SolankiGujarat12 July 2011Assault [109] [115] Human Rights Activist
DudhramRajasthan, Jaipur 2 February 2012Assault [116]
Akhil GogoiAssam, Nalbari 5 July 2012Assault [117]
Rajesh suresh BobadeMaharashtra21 September 2012Assault
L.K.Thapliyal Uttarakhand 25 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.[ citation needed ]
NilofarUttar Pradesh26 October 2018Assault [118] Exposed corruption against gram pradhan. [118]
KrishanpalUttar pradesh15 May 2019Assault [119] Exposed illegal possession in government land. [119] [120]

Harassment

NameStateDateAttack typeNature of Activism
Srikant PakalOdishaFeb 2020HarassmentHarassment 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. [121]
Bibhav Kumar, Rajeev KumarUttar Pradesh1/26/07Harassment [122]
Tukaram BansodeMaharashtra12/31/07Harassment [123]
V GopalakrishnanTamil Nadu3/13/09Harassment [124]
Srikant PrabhuMaharashtra5 January 2009Harassment [73]
Kishori RamBihar7/21/09Harassment [73]
Goverdhan SinghRajasthan3 January 2010Harassment [73]
Mohit SharmaDelhi3 December 2010Harassment [125]
Jay Kumar RaghuvanshiMaharashtra3/13/10Harassment [126]
Davinder KhuranaPunjab4 February 2010Harassment [73]
Ramesh AgrawalChhattisgarh6/23/10Harassment [73]
Ganesh BorhadeMaharashtra7 July 2010Harassment [127]
Manish BhatnagarMaharashtra7/18/10
Harshad PatilMaharashtra8/13/10Harassment [129]
Gopalkrishnan, Siva Elango, Madhav VishnubhattaTamil Nadu9 January 2010Harassment [130]
Fatima Mynsong, Acquiline Songthiang, Matilda SutingMeghalaya9 January 2010Harassment [131]
Abhijit GhoshMaharashtra9 January 2010Harassment [132]
Ratna AlaGujarat9/29/10Harassment [133]
Bobby BasaiawmoitMeghalaya2 January 2011Harassment [134]
Mary Anne PohshnaMeghalaya3 September 2011Harassment [135]
Sanjay GuravMaharashtra3/22/11Harassment [136]
M Z AliKarnataka5 October 2011Harassment [137]
Ketan ShahGujarat5 December 2011Harassment [138] [139]
Ravinder RathiHaryana6 February 2011Harassment [140]
Payi Gyadi Arunachal Pradesh 6 May 2011Harassment [141]
Brijesh KumarDelhi8 February 2011Harassment [142]
Ashok PaswanBihar8/19/11Harassment [143]
Arvind SharmaPunjab9 May 2011Harassment [144]
Derrick DiasGoa9 November 2011Harassment [101]
Subhash AggarwalDelhi10 July 2011Harassment [145]
Sheeba Fehmi and Arshad Ali FehmiDelhi10 August 2011Harassment [146]
Sanjay GuravMaharashtra11/28/11Harassment [147]
Anupam Saraf, Vaibhav Gandhi and Dinesh ShahMaharashtra12/13/11Harassment [148]
R. MarijosephKarnataka12/30/11Harassment [149]
Kishan Lal GeraHaryanaSince 2008Harassment [150]
R V PrasannaKarnatakaSince 2009Harassment [151]
Shiv Prakash RaiBiharMay 2008Harassment [143]
Takhellambam Ibempishak, Sagolsem Memcha and Konjengbam AnitaManipurSince Apr 2011Harassment [152]
Pawan SharmaUttar PradeshSince 11 April 2011Harassment [153]
EmmanuelAndhra PradeshFebruary and March 2011Harassment [154]
Jagbir SinghDelhiSince February 2011Harassment [155]
Biren LuwangManipurSince April 2011Harassment [156]
Injambakkam H SekarTamil NaduSince August 2011Harassment [157]
Khirasindhu SagriaOrrisaSince November 2011Harassment [158]
Muzibur RehmanUnknown2007Harassment [159]
Saleem BaigUttar Pradesh2007Harassment [73]
Asith SangmaMeghalaya2008Harassment [73]
Ashok VermaPunjab2009Harassment [160]
KheemaramRajasthan2010Harassment [161]
Shivaji RautMaharashtraJune 2011Harassment [162]
Ajay GakharDelhiJuly 2011Harassment [163]
All Gujarat RTI usersGujaratJuly 2011Harassment [164]
Ankur PatilMaharashtraSeptember 2011Harassment [165]
Gunjan MehtaGujaratDecember 2011Harassment [166]
DurgaDelhi2011Harassment [167]
C J KariraAndhra Pradesh2011Harassment [168]
Nelapati Papireddy, Pachalla Suryanarayana Reddy and Kovuru Satyanarayana ReddyAndhra Pradesh2011Harassment [169]
Mohinder KumarPunjabUnknownHarassment [170]
Anwar ShaikhMaharashtraUnknownHarassment [171]
Y. Ekyimo Kikon Nagaland UnknownHarassment [172]
Ashok RathodGujaratUnknownHarassment [173]
Bharat H Gajjar, Milan JoshiGujaratUnknownHarassment [174]
Rolly ShivhareMadhya PradeshUnknownHarassment [73]
Jai Prakash AryaDelhiUnknownHarassment [175]
Gian SinghDelhiUnknownHarassment [175]
Ram SagarDelhiUnknownHarassment [176]
Sumankant RaichaudhariBiharUnknownHarassment [177]
Piyusha TiwariRajasthanUnknownHarassment [178]
Rayabhai ZapadiyaGujaratUnknownHarassment [179]
RazuddinHaryanaUnknownHarassment [180]
RukhminibhaiAndhra PradeshUnknownHarassment [181]
Roshan LoboKarnatakaUnknownHarassment [182]
Bhadresh WamjaGujaratUnknownHarassment [106]
Bhanjibhai Jogel and Bharatbhai GhughalGujaratUnknownHarassment [106]
Sudhir YadavHaryana, Gurgaon 6 October 2013Harassment [183] 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 k Hyderabad 3 Jan 2014Removed from the jobExposed corruption in engineering college fee reimbursement and seat allocation at aurora Institute.
Mushtaq Pahalgami Jammu and Kashmir27 December 2010Physically attacked, abused, threatened against filing any further RTIs/PILs [184] Exposed forest land-grab attempts by the local land mafia, helped ensure the High Court construction ban in the region [185]

Suicide

NameStateDateAttack typeNature of Activism
Jabbardan GadhviGujarat2/22/2011Suicide [186]

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