India: RTI Activist threatened by government official
Event- Country
- India
- Initial Date
- Oct 18, 2011
- Event Description
According to the information received, Mr. Gopabandhu Chhatria, a HR Defender and a BPL RTI applicant of Deogan Block under Bolangir District of Orissa has been threatened of attack by Mr. Birendra Tripathy, SDO, Rural Works, Bolangir on 18.10.2011. In a complaint petition addressed to Superintendent of Police, Bolangir on 24.10.2011, Mr. Chhatria has stated that he had submitted an application seeking information about newly constructed building for Tahsil office located before Deogan Block from the PIO, office of SDO, Rural Works, Bolangir. Without providing information, Mr. Birendra Tripathy made a call from his mobile (9437150548) to Chhatria (9668523372) and threatened him of dire consequence, if he continued seeking information from his office. Then he handed over his mobile to a contractor who also scolded Chhatria and asked him to refrain from accessing any information from the said office.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Violation
- Intimidation and Threats
- Rights Concerned
- Right to information
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Not active
- Event Location
Latitude: 20.71667
Longitude: 83.48333
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 18 October 2011, Mr. Gopabandhu Chhatria, a right to information activits, was threatened a government official. Mr. Chhatria had submitted an application seeking information about newly constructed building for Tahsil office located before Deogan Block from the PIO, office of SDO, Rural Works, Bolangir.