Times
of India: Bengaluru: Sunday,
July 05, 2015.
NGO Maithi
Hakku Adayayana Kendra has brought out a book called Right to Information and
Police, compiled by BH Veeresha, one of the RTI activists involved with the
NGO. This book is a compilation of various orders from Karnataka information
commission on information of police department.
N.
Vikramsimha, ex-convenor and Karnataka right to information activist, said:
"The orders that are compiled in the book will give common people an idea
by which the police department misuse their power and debar public from knowing
about certain information under RTI. There have been cases when the police
threatened a common man to withdraw his petition for RTI. This book will
enlighten citizens about their rights and the pros and cons of police
department.