Deccan Herald: New Delhi: Tuesday,
September 27, 2016.
A Right to
Information (RTI) activist escaped unhurt on Sunday night after assailants
fired at him in East Delhi’s Mayur Vihar area. The activist, Surjeet Singh, was
waiting for a friend near a traffic signal in Mayur Vihar Phase-II when two
assailants came on a bike and fired five rounds of bullets at him.
The police
have started the investigation and a case under Section 336 of the IPC (act
endangering life or personal safety of others) has been registered at the
Pandav Nagar police station. The police questioned Singh and his friends to
ascertain details about the attackers.
Singh has
been an RTI activist for the last few years. He has filed cases against 3,000
property builders and corrupt government officials. Reports said a person was
pressuring Singh to withdraw a case that he was pursuing in a court. The person
also visited Singh at his residence on Sunday to persuade him to withdraw the
case. Singh, however, refused, said sources.
A couple of
hours after the meeting, Singh went to the traffic signal where he was shot at.
The CCTV footage of the area is being scanned to ascertain the identity of the
shooters, a police officer said.
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