Times of India: Hapur: Saturday,
April 19, 2014.
A 70-year-old
RTI activist was shot dead by three unidentified assailants outside his house
here on Monday, prompting authorities to transfer the probe to special task
force and provide security to his family.
Mangat Tyagi,
who had filed around 14,000 RTI applications and unearthed various cases of
corruption in government departments, was shot dead by three car-borne
assailants when he was standing outside his house in Bankhanda village on April
14.
"In view
of threats to Tyagi's family, district and police administrations have decided
to provide round-the-clock security to them. From today, two police personnel
will be deployed outside their house," Hapur district magistrate Rajesh
Kumar Singh told PTI.
"We have
recommended STF probe into Tyagi's murder and it will begin soon. All accused
will be arrested," he added.
Meanwhile,
police sources said they have got some leads in the case.
"Police
have got some important cues and the case would be solved soon. Police are also
scanning the role of corrupt officials, against whom Tyagi had filed RTI
applicants," a senior police officer sad.