RTI activist shot after unveiling Rs 30L scam by bureaucrats

Yet another anti-corruption campaigner has been shot for bringing the guilty to book.

An RTI activist was seriously injured when unidentified assailants shot at him in Deepnagar locality here,police sources said here on Thursday.

An FIR has been registered against three persons including a block development officer (BDO) after Amarnath Pandey,55,an RTI activist and homoeopathy doctor,was fired at on Wednesday with a country made pistol,they said,adding he was admitted to a hospital.

Pandey,also a Congress worker,had tried to expose corruption in development block Ghorawal due to which government had issued a recovery order of Rs 30 lakh from the concerned officers for misappropriation of funds.

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Meanwhile,demanding immediate arrest of attackers,Congress activists staged a sit-in Jubli crossing here creating traffic jam in the area.

Superintendent of Police,Deepak Kumar said that police have launched a manhunt to nab attackers.

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