Man exposes former sarpanch, beaten up
A 35-year-old RTI activist from Kabulpur village in Rohtak was brutally beaten up after his expose through several RTI applications led to an FIR against a former sarpanch of his village.
Jaipal Dagar was admitted to Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS) with both his legs fractured and other injuries after being allegedly hit by iron rods. Police said Dagar’s RTI applications on developmental works in the village during the regime of former sarpanch Sandeep exposed several irregularities in the expenditure of funds.
His detailed complaint to the deputy commissioner led to an inquiry against Sandeep, who was booked under several sections of the IPC in May 2017.
In the complaint, Dagar stated that junior engineer (JE) Mohan called him to meet him in the village on the pretext of checking samples of sub-standard material. But when he went to meet the JE, some local goons accompanied by Sandeep abducted him and took him to a house where he was thrashed him with iron rods.
Dagar said he was then taken to an agricultural field where he was further beaten up. He said the accused even pressured him to claim that he was injured in a road accident.
Based on his complaint, police booked five accused, including Mohan and Sandeep, and some unnamed others under sections 120B, 148, 149, 323, 341, 342, 365, 506 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Shivaji colony SHO Naveen Kumar said a probe is on and no arrest has been made so far.
The Haryana Soochna Adhikar Manch has also condemned the beating up of the RTI activist.