martyrs of rti act

Power of ONE

Martyrs for Truth

RTI Activists who lost their lives

Presented by: Anju Philip, Jikku A Joseph, Bimal Antony, Anuprabha Cyriac,

Griffy Denny, Lims Thomas

E-Mail: bimalji@gmail.com Mobile: +919995006062

Lalit Kumar MehtaMember of: Vikas Sahyog Kendra

Activist in: Right to Food and Right to Work

Place of work: Palamau, Jharkhand

What he did: In-depth social audit of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) works in Palamau exposing corrupt practices.

Murdered on: March 15, 2008.

Kameshwar Yadav

Activist in: Right to Work

Place of work: Giridih, Jharkhand

What he did: With the help of RTI, questioned the nexus flourishing among officers, leaders, contractors

and middlemen regarding minor irrigation work in Deori.

Murdered on: June 7, 2008.

E-Mail: bimalji@gmail.com Mobile: +919995006062

Venkatesh

Place of work: Eranapalyta, Karnataka.

What he did: Exposed encroachments on government property .

Murdered on: April 12, 2009.

E-Mail: bimalji@gmail.com Mobile: +919995006062

Satish Shetty

Place of work: Pune, Maharashtra

What he did: Exposed many land scams in Maharashtra

Murdered on: January 13, 2010.

E-Mail: bimalji@gmail.com Mobile: +919995006062

Vishram Laxman Dodiya

Place of work: Surat, Gujarat

What he did: Gathering information from government using RTI Act and educating the masses. Anti gambling

measures using RTI Act.

Murdered on: February 11, 2010.

E-Mail: bimalji@gmail.com Mobile: +919995006062

Shashidhar Mishra

Place of work: Begusarai, Bihar.

What he did: Exposed scams in the welfare schemes at the panchayat and block level.

Murdered on: February 14, 2010.

E-Mail: bimalji@gmail.com Mobile: +919995006062

Sola Ranga Rao

Place of work: Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh

What he did: Filed many RTI applications in the district office regarding funding of the village’s drainage

system.

Murdered on: April 11, 2010.

E-Mail: bimalji@gmail.com Mobile: +919995006062

Vitthal Gite

Place of work: Aurangabad, Maharashtra

What he did: He discovered that teachers at the school were pocketing grant and scholarship money meant

for students, as well as padding their salaries by claiming they worked at more than one school..

Murdered on: April 18, 2010.

E-Mail: bimalji@gmail.com Mobile: +919995006062

Dattatreya Patil

Place of work: Ichalkaranji, Kolhapur district, Maharashtra

What he did: Taking on the administration with the help of the RTI act.

Murdered on: May 22, 2010.

E-Mail: bimalji@gmail.com Mobile: +919995006062

Amit Jethwa

Activity: Enviormentalist and Social Worker

Place of work: Junagarh, Gujarat

What he did: Activities against illegal mining in the protected area got him many powerful adversaries.

Murdered on: July 20, 2010.

E-Mail: bimalji@gmail.com Mobile: +919995006062

Ramdas Patil Ghadegaonkar

Place of work: Nanded, Maharasthra

What he did: Fighting a battle through the use of RTI against some companies who were using heavy machinery to dredge sand from Godavari river.

Murdered on: August 27, 2010.

E-Mail: bimalji@gmail.com Mobile: +919995006062

Manjunath Shanmugam

Position held: Marketing Manager for the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC)

What he did: He had ordered two petrol pumps at Lakhimpur Kheri, UP sealed for selling adulterated fuel for three months.

Murdered on: November 19, 2005.

E-Mail: bimalji@gmail.com Mobile: +919995006062

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