Mid-Day: Pune: Wednesday,
April 02, 2014.
Almost a week
after RTI activist Vilas Baravkar hanged himself from a ceiling fan at his
residence in Chakan, (‘Fed up of police harassment, RTI activist hangs
himself’, March 26), the investigations into the case have been handed over to
the additional superintendent of Pune, rural police, considering that Baravkar
had named several senior ranking police officers in his suicide note.
Baravkar, in
his suicide note, had named 57 of his relatives, whom, he believed, had
connived with cops and were harassing him, which ultimately led to his suicide.
A senior official of Pune Rural police said, “Baravkar’s suicide note contains
several high ranking officers, some retired, while some of them are still
serving. This case is being closely monitored. So, we have decided to let the
Additional Superintendent Vijaykumar Magar investigate the case thoroughly.”
Deputy SP
Vaibhav Kalubarme, who was investigating the case initially, told mid-day that
till date, 10 of Baravkar’s relatives’ statements had been recorded. “Due to
election workload, the procedure is taking time,” he said.
Sushil
Shevkare, Baravkar’s son-in-law, said, “We haven’t focused on the
investigations as yet, as we were busy with the last rites and
rituals.”Meanwhile, the State Information Commission has asked the authorities
to make all information that Baravkar had sought in the past couple of years,
public knowledge.
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