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UP: RTI activist shot at in Sonbhadra
RTI activist Dr Amarnath Pandey
Another whistleblower attacked - RTI activist Dr Amarnath Pandey shot
at in Sonbhadra.
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RTI activist shot at, BDO booked
Agencies
Posted: Jan 27, 2011 at 1906 hrs IST
Sonebhadra
An RTI activist was seriously injured when unidentified assailants
shot at him in Deepnagar locality here, police sources said here on
Thursday.
An FIR has been registered against three persons including a block
development officer (BDO) after Amarnath Pandey, 55, an RTI activist
and homoeopathy doctor, was fired at on Wednesday with a country made
pistol, they said, adding he was admitted to a hospital.
Pandey, also a Congress worker, had tried to expose corruption in
development block Ghorawal due to which government had issued a
recovery order of Rs 30 lakh from the concerned officers for
misappropriation of funds.
Last week also, Pandey was hit by a jeep when he was returning home on
his scooter.
Meanwhile, demanding immediate arrest of attackers, Congress activists
staged a sit-in Jubli corssing here creating traffic jam in the area.
Superintendent of Police, Deepak Kumar said that police have launched
a manhunt to nab attackers.
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