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&lt;em&gt;When conscientious and well-meaning citizens are attacked for &amp;quot;acting rightly&amp;quot;, is the government &amp;quot;acting rightly&amp;quot; by not doing enough to safeguard them? &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Yet another Right to Information (RTI) activist in Gujarat has paid with his life for demanding transparency. On March 9, Nanjibhai Sondarva (35), a resident of Manekvada village in Kotda Sangani taluka of Rajkot district, was allegedly clubbed to death by six people.&lt;br /&gt;
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The deceased&amp;rsquo;s father has claimed that the attack occurred soon after Sondarvai filed an RTI application demanding transparency about the funds spent on the construction of a road in his village.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
Meghabhai, Nanjibhai&amp;rsquo;s father, is said to have named the sarpanch in the complaint submitted to the local police regarding the latest incident.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Costly to seek information on &amp;lsquo;Gujarat model&amp;rsquo; of development&lt;br /&gt;
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With the latest incident, the number of citizens and activists killed for using the RTI to question the &amp;lsquo;Gujarat model&amp;rsquo; has risen to 11. Since October 2005 &amp;ndash; when the RTI Act became operational &amp;ndash; there have been reports of at least 16 cases of assault in the media on other RTI activists in Gujarat.&lt;br /&gt;
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The latest attack occurred three months after a National Human Human Rights Commission (NHRC) directive to the Gujarat government to protect RTI activists.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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Yet another Right to Information (RTI) activist in Gujarat has paid with his life for demanding transparency. On March 9, Nanjibhai Sondarva (35), a resident of Manekvada village in Kotda Sangani taluka of Rajkot district, was allegedly clubbed to death by six people.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The deceased&amp;rsquo;s father has claimed that the attack occurred soon after Sondarvai filed an RTI application demanding transparency about the funds spent on the construction of a road in his village.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This was, however, not the first time that Sondarva had been attacked. A year-and-a-half ago, he and other members of his family were assaulted, allegedly by the village sarpanch who apparently was furious at Sondarva for using the RTI to expose financial irregularities in the developmental works undertaken in the village.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
Across the country, the total number of those murdered allegedly for seeking information under the RTI has now risen to 67. The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative has been mapping these attacks across the country using details available in the media.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The latest attack occurred three months after a National Human Human Rights Commission (NHRC) directive to the Gujarat government to protect RTI activists.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In October 2015, a day before the Central Information Commission (CIC) organised a national convention to celebrate ten years of the RTI Act &amp;ndash; inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi &amp;ndash; 30-year-old RTI activist Ratansinh Chaudhary was murdered for exposing financial irregularities in the Banaskantha district of the state.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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When conscientious and well-meaning citizens are attacked for &amp;quot;acting rightly&amp;quot;, is the government &amp;quot;acting rightly&amp;quot; by not doing enough to safeguard them? 

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Yet another Right to Information (RTI) activist in Gujarat has paid with his life for demanding transparency. On March 9, Nanjibhai Sondarva (35), a resident of Manekvada village in Kotda Sangani taluka of Rajkot district, was allegedly clubbed to death by six people.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Yet another Right to Information (RTI) activist in Gujarat has paid with his life for demanding transparency. On March 9, Nanjibhai Sondarva (35), a resident of Manekvada village in Kotda Sangani taluka of Rajkot district, was allegedly clubbed to death by six people.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The deceased&amp;rsquo;s father has claimed that the attack occurred soon after Sondarvai filed an RTI application demanding transparency about the funds spent on the construction of a road in his village.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This was, however, not the first time that Sondarva had been attacked. A year-and-a-half ago, he and other members of his family were assaulted, allegedly by the village sarpanch who apparently was furious at Sondarva for using the RTI to expose financial irregularities in the developmental works undertaken in the village.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Meghabhai, Nanjibhai&amp;rsquo;s father, is said to have named the sarpanch in the complaint submitted to the local police regarding the latest incident.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Costly to seek information on &amp;lsquo;Gujarat model&amp;rsquo; of development&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
With the latest incident, the number of citizens and activists killed for using the RTI to question the &amp;lsquo;Gujarat model&amp;rsquo; has risen to 11. Since October 2005 &amp;ndash; when the RTI Act became operational &amp;ndash; there have been reports of at least 16 cases of assault in the media on other RTI activists in Gujarat.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
The latest attack occurred three months after a National Human Human Rights Commission (NHRC) directive to the Gujarat government to protect RTI activists.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;When conscientious and well-meaning citizens are attacked for &amp;quot;acting rightly&amp;quot;, is the government &amp;quot;acting rightly&amp;quot; by not doing enough to safeguard them? &lt;br /&gt;
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Yet another Right to Information (RTI) activist in Gujarat has paid with his life for demanding transparency. On March 9, Nanjibhai Sondarva (35), a resident of Manekvada village in Kotda Sangani taluka of Rajkot district, was allegedly clubbed to death by six people.&lt;br /&gt;
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This was, however, not the first time that Sondarva had been attacked. A year-and-a-half ago, he and other members of his family were assaulted, allegedly by the village sarpanch who apparently was furious at Sondarva for using the RTI to expose financial irregularities in the developmental works undertaken in the village.&lt;br /&gt;
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Meghabhai, Nanjibhai&amp;rsquo;s father, is said to have named the sarpanch in the complaint submitted to the local police regarding the latest incident.&lt;br /&gt;
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With the latest incident, the number of citizens and activists killed for using the RTI to question the &amp;lsquo;Gujarat model&amp;rsquo; has risen to 11. Since October 2005 &amp;ndash; when the RTI Act became operational &amp;ndash; there have been reports of at least 16 cases of assault in the media on other RTI activists in Gujarat.&lt;br /&gt;
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Across the country, the total number of those murdered allegedly for seeking information under the RTI has now risen to 67. The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative has been mapping these attacks across the country using details available in the media.&lt;br /&gt;
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The latest attack occurred three months after a National Human Human Rights Commission (NHRC) directive to the Gujarat government to protect RTI activists.&lt;br /&gt;
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<em>When conscientious and well-meaning citizens are attacked for &quot;acting rightly&quot;, is the government &quot;acting rightly&quot; by not doing enough to safeguard them? <br />
</em><br />
Yet another Right to Information (RTI) activist in Gujarat has paid with his life for demanding transparency. On March 9, Nanjibhai Sondarva (35), a resident of Manekvada village in Kotda Sangani taluka of Rajkot district, was allegedly clubbed to death by six people.<br />
<br />
The deceased&rsquo;s father has claimed that the attack occurred soon after Sondarvai filed an RTI application demanding transparency about the funds spent on the construction of a road in his village.<br />
<br />
This was, however, not the first time that Sondarva had been attacked. A year-and-a-half ago, he and other members of his family were assaulted, allegedly by the village sarpanch who apparently was furious at Sondarva for using the RTI to expose financial irregularities in the developmental works undertaken in the village.<br />
<br />
Meghabhai, Nanjibhai&rsquo;s father, is said to have named the sarpanch in the complaint submitted to the local police regarding the latest incident.<br />
<br />
<em>Costly to seek information on &lsquo;Gujarat model&rsquo; of development<br />
</em><br />
With the latest incident, the number of citizens and activists killed for using the RTI to question the &lsquo;Gujarat model&rsquo; has risen to 11. Since October 2005 &ndash; when the RTI Act became operational &ndash; there have been reports of at least 16 cases of assault in the media on other RTI activists in Gujarat.<br />
<br />
Across the country, the total number of those murdered allegedly for seeking information under the RTI has now risen to 67. The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative has been mapping these attacks across the country using details available in the media.<br />
<br />
The latest attack occurred three months after a National Human Human Rights Commission (NHRC) directive to the Gujarat government to protect RTI activists.<br />
<br />
In October 2015, a day before the Central Information Commission (CIC) organised a national convention to celebrate ten years of the RTI Act &ndash; inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi &ndash; 30-year-old RTI activist Ratansinh Chaudhary was murdered for exposing financial irregularities in the Banaskantha district of the state.<br />
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Soon after the RTI fraternity in Gujarat alerted me about this 2015 incident, I filed a complaint with the NHRC in New Delhi. The organisation took cognisance of the complaint and followed up on this case for two years.<br />
<br />
Please <a href="https://thewire.in/rights/as-number-of-murdered-rti-activists-rises-to-67-it-is-modi-government-that-needs-to-act-rightly">click here</a> to read more. <br />
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<em>When conscientious and well-meaning citizens are attacked for &quot;acting rightly&quot;, is the government &quot;acting rightly&quot; by not doing enough to safeguard them? <br />
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Yet another Right to Information (RTI) activist in Gujarat has paid with his life for demanding transparency. On March 9, Nanjibhai Sondarva (35), a resident of Manekvada village in Kotda Sangani taluka of Rajkot district, was allegedly clubbed to death by six people.<br />
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The deceased&rsquo;s father has claimed that the attack occurred soon after Sondarvai filed an RTI application demanding transparency about the funds spent on the construction of a road in his village.<br />
<br />
This was, however, not the first time that Sondarva had been attacked. A year-and-a-half ago, he and other members of his family were assaulted, allegedly by the village sarpanch who apparently was furious at Sondarva for using the RTI to expose financial irregularities in the developmental works undertaken in the village.<br />
<br />
Meghabhai, Nanjibhai&rsquo;s father, is said to have named the sarpanch in the complaint submitted to the local police regarding the latest incident.<br />
<br />
<em>Costly to seek information on &lsquo;Gujarat model&rsquo; of development<br />
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With the latest incident, the number of citizens and activists killed for using the RTI to question the &lsquo;Gujarat model&rsquo; has risen to 11. Since October 2005 &ndash; when the RTI Act became operational &ndash; there have been reports of at least 16 cases of assault in the media on other RTI activists in Gujarat.<br />
<br />
Across the country, the total number of those murdered allegedly for seeking information under the RTI has now risen to 67. The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative has been mapping these attacks across the country using details available in the media.<br />
<br />
The latest attack occurred three months after a National Human Human Rights Commission (NHRC) directive to the Gujarat government to protect RTI activists.<br />
<br />
In October 2015, a day before the Central Information Commission (CIC) organised a national convention to celebrate ten years of the RTI Act &ndash; inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi &ndash; 30-year-old RTI activist Ratansinh Chaudhary was murdered for exposing financial irregularities in the Banaskantha district of the state.<br />
<br />
Soon after the RTI fraternity in Gujarat alerted me about this 2015 incident, I filed a complaint with the NHRC in New Delhi. The organisation took cognisance of the complaint and followed up on this case for two years.<br />
<br />
Please <a href="https://thewire.in/rights/as-number-of-murdered-rti-activists-rises-to-67-it-is-modi-government-that-needs-to-act-rightly">click here</a> to read more. <br />
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As Number of Murdered RTI Activists Rises to 67, It Is the Modi Government That Needs to 'Act Rightly' -Venkatesh Nayak

-TheWire.in When conscientious and well-meaning citizens are attacked for "acting rightly", is the government "acting rightly" by not doing enough to safeguard them? Yet another Right to Information (RTI) activist in Gujarat has paid with his life for demanding transparency. On March 9, Nanjibhai Sondarva (35), a resident of Manekvada village in Kotda Sangani taluka of Rajkot district, was allegedly clubbed to death by six people. The deceased’s father has claimed that the attack occurred soon after Sondarvai filed an RTI application demanding transparency about the funds spent on the construction of a road in his village. This was, however, not the first time that Sondarva had been attacked. A year-and-a-half ago, he and other members of his family were assaulted, allegedly by the village sarpanch who apparently was furious at Sondarva for using the RTI to expose financial irregularities in the developmental works undertaken in the village. Meghabhai, Nanjibhai’s father, is said to have named the sarpanch in the complaint submitted to the local police regarding the latest incident. Costly to seek information on ‘Gujarat model’ of development With the latest incident, the number of citizens and activists killed for using the RTI to question the ‘Gujarat model’ has risen to 11. Since October 2005 – when the RTI Act became operational – there have been reports of at least 16 cases of assault in the media on other RTI activists in Gujarat. Across the country, the total number of those murdered allegedly for seeking information under the RTI has now risen to 67. The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative has been mapping these attacks across the country using details available in the media. The latest attack occurred three months after a National Human Human Rights Commission (NHRC) directive to the Gujarat government to protect RTI activists. In October 2015, a day before the Central Information Commission (CIC) organised a national convention to celebrate ten years of the RTI Act – inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi – 30-year-old RTI activist Ratansinh Chaudhary was murdered for exposing financial irregularities in the Banaskantha district of the state. Soon after the RTI fraternity in Gujarat alerted me about this 2015 incident, I filed a complaint with the NHRC in New Delhi. The organisation took cognisance of the complaint and followed up on this case for two years. Please click here to read more.