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Police to oversee RTI activists' safety by Asseem Shaikh

The Pune police are in the process of setting up a three-member committee to supervise protection provided to Right to Information Act (RTI) activists as per a recent direction of the home department.

Following the brutal murder of RTI activist Satish Shetty in Talegaon Dabhade on January 13, 2010, the issue of protection of RTI activists had come to the fore. The state government had issued a government resolution (GR) on February 10 this year to provide protection to RTI activists. The GR was issued following an order passed by the Bombay high court in the Shetty murder case. Activists, who live in constant fear of being attacked, are feeling relieved due to the decision.

Speaking to TOI on Saturday, additional commissioner of police Anant Shinde (crime) said a proposal to form a three-member committee - headed by an assistant commissioner of police and two inspectors - has being submitted for approval to police commissioner Meeran Chadha Borwankar. He said, "We have received directions from the home department to form a committee which will give special attention to complaints made by RTI activists. The committee will be formed in a week's time."

Meanwhile, additional superintendent of police Ramnath Pokale (Pune rural) said they already have a three-member committee in place. "It is headed by a deputy superintendent of police and includes officials of the district special branch and local crime branch. The panel was set up about eight days ago. No applications demanding protection has being received from RTI activists in the district," Pokale added.