-The Economic Times   We condemn the killing of Shehla Masood, a public-spirited woman of Bhopal who used the Right to Information (rti) Act extensively to expose corruption and misgovernance on a range of issues. The state government must bring the culprits to book and investigate any possible links of the crime to public officials whose misconduct was under her investigation. This brings the number of rti activists killed across the country so...

AHMEDABAD: A silent revolution has just begun in Rangpar village of Wankaner taluka and its surrounding villages toward sanitizing voters list using rti. Leading this campaign is Ratna Ala, a resident who is visually challenged and passionate about rti. In December next year the state will go to the polls for another round of high voltage assembly elections. But seven people from Rangpar , who are now joining hands with...

-The Hindustan Times   Unidentified assailants killed a woman Right to Information (rti) activist in front of her residence here around 11am on Tuesday. She was scheduled to attend a signature campaign in support of Anna Hazare's agitation a couple of hours later. Shehla Masood, 39, was shot in the neck point blank as she was getting into her car parked in front of her house in the upscale Koh-e-Fiza locality in...

-The Telegraph   A right to information campaigner who had raised questions on several tiger deaths across Madhya Pradesh was shot dead as she got into her car moments after stepping out of home this morning. Shahla Masood, known to be working on alleged malpractice in the state’s wildlife conservation, tourism and other departments, had before leaving home updated her Facebook account, urging people to support Anna Hazare’s movement against corruption. Police said the...

Speculations were rife over the motive behind the killing of Shehla Masood. Even as her family demanded a CBI inquiry into the incident, the police said that they were exploring all angles, including suicide. The activist’s body was found on Tuesday in her car, parked in front of her house in Koh-e-fiza locality, hours before she was to lead a campaign in support of Anna Hazare. There were no eyewitnesses and...