[rti4empowerment] DEATH, THE AWARD OF HONESTY FOR HONEST CITIZENS AND WHISTLE BLOWERS.

DEATH, THE AWARD OF HONESTY FOR HONEST CITIZENS AND WHISTLE BLOWERS. M K Gupta     Now mafia can go to any extent to have its way and even murder the honest officers and whistle blowers. Oil mafia has burnt alive an honest officer Yashwant Sonawane, ADM.  Govt. has declared Rs 25 lakhs to the berevered family of the Mr. Sonawane. Seven persons have been arrested for the murder of ADM.   In an other incident, an RTI activist Mr Amarnath Pandey, 55, an RTI activist and homocopathy dotor was shot at.  In this case,, an FIR has been registered against three persons including a Block Development Offier.  Pandey has tried to expose corruption in development block Ghorawal due to which govt 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 crossing creating traffic jam in the Sonebhadra area. Superintendent of Police, Deepak Kumar said that police have launched a manhunt to nab attackers. (Inputs from Timesnow.com)