MOST URGENT: Demand enquiry (Satish Shetty Murder) and Protection for RTI Activist from Govt.

[REJIMON C K]

To:The Person attn of :  

     Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

     Home Minister P Chidambaram

     Home Secretary

Ref: http://www.google.co.in/search?hl=en&q=pune+RTI+killed+death+satish+shetty&meta=&aq=f&oq=

Subject : Brutal Murder of RTI Activist Satish Shetty.

 

 

We condemn the brutal murder of Mr. Satish Shetty. The reports and records clearly indicate he was fighter for our nation in the plain dress against the deep routed corruption.  Like many other leading RTI Activist he used RTI Application to unearth the corruption. This is not the first case, there were similar case reported from across the country and threat even loom around many RTI Activists.

 

1. We demand immediately the Govt of India should constitute enquiry and bring the report to public within 7 days. We demand either a sitting judge or CBI enquiry.

 

2. Any request from any of the RTI Applicants who face the life threat must be immediately provided protection by concerned state police. The Home Minister and Home Secretary must issue direction immediately to this effect.

 

These RTI Activist are also the soldiers of this great nation and an asset to nation. They are serving the nation acting in a manner protecting the vital assets, economy, system and need protection.

 

Regards,

 

REJIMON C K.

President- Dwarka Forum(Regd)

453, Nav Sansad Vihar

Plot No. 4, Sector 22, Dwarka

New Delhi-110 077-003

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[Mahendra Kumar Gupta]

Dear Reji, i also join you in your demand.  Whistle blower exposing land scam and other corruption cases are really serving the nation.  Definitely, no body, even a criminal, does not deserve such a treatment what to talk about good smartian.

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[REJIMON C K]

Mr. Shetty was great son of this land. A real fighter a crusador/whistle blower.

Just like our brave soldiers fight with enemies of the nation this soldier too had sacrificed life for the nation and desire to be awarded Param Vir Chkra or equal.

 

Rejimon

 

 

The man who asked too much
For the land mafia and other merchants of corruption, killing RTI activist Satish Shetty was the only way out. Over Rs 4,000 crore, at least, was riding on scams he dared to expose. His colleagues say builders may have engineered the hit

Satish Shetty T Christy Elsewhere... Bangalore: Three years ago, T Christy (38) blew the lid off a power theft where his landlord was involved. Now, he has been running from pillar to post to see that disciplinary action is taken against two policemen who allegedly with his landlord tortured him. But now, the file pertaining to his case is ‘lost’.Christy’s former landlord was supplying water to nearly 30 tenants using power meant for agricultural purposes (for which tariff is low) and collecting money from them. He complained to the vigilance unit of BESCOM, which found Anthony guilty of misusing power supplied. A fine of Rs 12,000 was slapped on the landlord. Then a false extortion case was filed against him in 2008. A Sub-Inspector Shankarappa pressured him to keep quiet, saying he would get him Rs 50,000 from Anthony. He even threatened to kill him. Christy was beaten up released after four hours. Christy then approached the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC), which found the two policemen guilty of acting at the behest of Anthony. The rights panel recommended exemplary action against the cops. Even as the police claim that murdered Right to Information (RTI) activist Satish Shetty made several enemies because of his activism, Shetty’s colleagues — Kishor Kavde and Arun Mane — are pointing fingers at the land scam involving Indian Road Builder (IRB) in Lonavla as the main reason behind his death. They also said that he was investigating four major scams at the time of his death. Such has been the intensity of the crime that even Chief Minister Ashok Chavan has been forced to admit that it is a “serious matter”. He said, “The police will inquire into everything in detail. But if required, the government will intervene to provide whatever help, as may be required, in the investigation.” Shetty was killed by unidentified persons while he was out for a morning walk on Wednesday. Though he was rushed to a hospital, he succumbed to his injuries. Shetty was district convenor of Bhrashtachar Dakshata Samiti. Kavde said, “We had already demanded details on the fake land registration at Lonavla. Following our demand, the IRB and Sable-Waghire’s land scams were exposed.” Mane said, “The entire Maval taluka is being exploited by land mafia. At least one farmer from the area used to approach Shetty every day for help in the matter. But other than this matter, we were also working on the fake ration card scam, illegal construction of Vaishali wedding hall and illegal construction by a corporator.” What could lead to Shetty’s murder? IRB’s land scam Shetty and his colleagues exposed the land scam near Lonavla. Some farmers gave information to Shetty about illegal land dealings in Taje and Pimpawadi villages. Shetty obtained information under RTI . It emerged that IRB had grabbed 2,800 acres of land in the villages, which belonged to the government, and is in the vicinity of the Expressway. A conservative estimate of the money riding on the project: 2,800 acre multiplied by Rs 1.4 crore (rough estimate of pricing) equals: 3,920 crore. IRB scam led to fake registration The circle officer of Lonavla, Ashwini Khirsagar, registered the fake documents of land purchase. She was exposed by Shetty following an RTI plea in September 2009, in which Shetty demanded inquiry into 3,000 registrations done by Khirsagar. Out of those, 1,000 registrations were found to be fake. She was also arrested in the case. She is currently out on bail and suspended from duty. Inquiry in this case is on. From fake registration emerged another land scam In this land scam, one more matter was exposed. Nitin Sable, director of Sable-Waghire Company and vice president of Pune District Education Board, had registered the 11-acre land of Adegaon. But it emerged that the land had already been sold to somebody else 10 years back. Ration card scam Shetty dug out information about ration cards in Talegaon and 200 fake cards were found in Babulal Nalband’s shop. His licence was cancelled and he was fined. But he managed to get the licence back. Then Shetty and his colleagues filed a PIL in Bombay High Court against the granting of the licence in August 2009. Illegal construction of Hotel Rohit The construction of Hotel Rohit, which is located at Talegaon Chakan Road, was proved to be illegal. The hotel is being run by Girish Kher, corporator of Talegaon council. Shetty had demanded cancellation of Kher’s corporatorship just last week. Wedding Hall Issue Shetty had applied for information related to the illegal construction of Vaishali Wedding Hall, beside Pune-Mumbai Highway. The hall is owned by Pilaji Sarode, father of Rajesh Sarode, who is member of the School Board of Talegaon Municipal Council. There has been no response in the case as yet.

http://www.rtiindia.org/forum/42279-success-cost-life-post107983.html

On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 9:11 AM, Mahendra Kumar Gupta <mkgup...@gmail.com> wrote:

HC seeks report on Shetty’s death

(Our political Bureau & Agencies)

ECONOMIC TIMES, 15.1.2010. (Page 2.)

 

MUMBAI: Taking a suo motu note of the murder of social activist Satish Shetty and the apparent lawlessness in the state, the Bombay high court on

Thursday directed the state DGP to file a report within a week on the investigations.

A division bench of Justices F I Rebello and J H Bhatia also mentioned the recent attack at the residence of Naina Katpalia, a Mumbai-based activist and a member of NGO Cityspace, which filed a PIL in the high court. Mentioning reports about Mr Shetty, the court said: “This incident came immediately after attack on another activist (Kathpalia) who is a petitioner before this court.”

“Such incidents are to dissuade public interest litigants from approaching courts. So this court cannot close its eyes to the incidents; and takes suo motu notice, especially that of murder of Mr Shetty.” The court also asked the DGP to file an affidavit about ‘threat perception’ to other activists in the state, within a week. The HC also directed the advocate-general to take instructions from the government in this regard. But on its part, the government preferred to keep mum on the issue. An otherwise camera-friendly home minister R R Patil has not issued any statement regarding the incident.

However, a home ministry spokesperson admitted that significant rise in such incidents have impacted the state’s image. According to the Maharashtra home ministry sources, the Pune police have nabbed four persons in connection with Mr Shetty’s murder. Efforts are also on to find out why he was deprived of police protection even after receiving threats.

Mr Shetty apparently had informed the local police station about the threat calls. The police even had decided to provide him round-the-clock protection. But the killers got him even before the security guards were deployed. “This also indicates that the perpetrators might have been aware of the police’s move,” a home ministry official said. “Investigations are also on to find the cause of delay,” he said.

 

Submitted by - m k gupta

 

On 1/14/10, Anoop Rohera <aroh...@gmail.com> wrote:

Do you think someone will respond to this? Can we speed post this letter too?

 

Anoop Rohera

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REJIMON C K.