Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Amit Jethwa, slain RTI activist, was under threat by a powerful politician

havey ulachase kaubhando ni khaan- DB gujarati

I reported earlier that one Amit Jethwa, a whistle blower, who had exposed corruption in illegal mining in Gir Forest in Gujarat by taking recourse to the Right to Information (RTI) Act, was murdered by some unidentified persons in the premises of Gujarat High Court. The friend of Jethwa, a lawyer of Gujarat High Court, namely Yagnik, has made startling revelations that Jathwa was under constant threat to his life by one Dinu Sonik, a member of Parliament from the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) - a political party that persecutes the minority communities in India. He has stated that Sonik was so powerful that complaints against him were ignored by the police in the past. It is also reported that Dinu Sonik is missing.
The people who expose corruption through RTI Act, have to be protected by the government authorities who disclose information to them.
If brave hearts like Amit Jethwa who wage a war against corruption in India are not protected by the custodians of law, then corruption by the powerful politicians would become the order of the day. Corrupt politicians become popular by doling out the corruption money to the poor people who do not know the "ABC" of corruption by these politicians.

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