State information commissioner Vijay Kuvalekar on Monday accepted a complaint application from RTI activist Vijay Kumbhar and directed the authorities, including the district collector and the SP, Pune rural, to declare the information sought by slain whistleblower Satish Shetty on January 7.
The commissioner also directed to give a copy of the report to RTI activist Arun Mane, Kumbhar said.
Kumbhar had filed a complaint application, demanding declaration of all the information which Shetty had applied for. The application stated that Shetty had asked for information regarding land dealings in Pune district and also on the dealings of forest land. He had also registered a complaint at the Lonavla police station.
However, he was murdered. When Mane demanded the same information, he was also attacked. The attack on the RTI activist is a very serious thing.
In the application Kumbhar demanded declaration of all the information sought by Shetty.