Indian
Express: Salepur: Tuesday, 17 February 2015.
Another
person of Niali block has alleged that he has been receiving threatening calls
after he sought information under RTI about a Kolkata-based real estate
company.
In the FIR
filed at Niali police station on Sunday, the petitioner, Biswa Ranjan Sahoo of
Pasanga village under Alana panchayat, stated that he was working as an
assistant in Lavanya project of Tirumala Infrastructure and Development Private
Limited at Kanrpur under Olatpur police limits. Sahoo was responsible for
liasoning with local sarpanch, Revenue Inspector (RI), Kantapada tehsildar and
BDO for a patch of Government land.
Sahoo alleged
that the company in collusion with revenue officials evaded stamp duty to the
tune of `4.62 lakh through under-valuation of the land cost. He had applied for
information from the offices of Kantapada BDO on January 16 and Kantapada
Tehsildar on January 17.
Sahoo alleged
that Director of the company, Ashis Garg, has been making threatening calls to
him since February 5. Sahoo, who left the company in May 2013, claimed that the
contractor did not pay his dues.
Cuttack Sadar
SDPO Nrusingha Charan Swain said a case has been registered in Niali police
station and investigation is on.
It may be
mentioned here that Krupasindhu Sahoo, a farmer of Nachhigaon village under
Niali police limits, was murdered for seeking information under RTI about funds
spent for System of Rice Intensification farming and its beneficiaries. His
body was exhumed from Tanla river bed on January 31.
After his
death, his wife too had received threat calls.
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