Free Press Journal: New Delhi: Tuesday, February 23, 2016.
A former
Intelligence Bureau Special Director, also an accused in the Ishrat Jahan fake
encounter case, has claimed the CBI has refused to disclose its correspondence
with Attorney General saying it is exempted from the RTI Act and his human
rights are being violated.
Kumar, who is
chargesheeted by CBI for alleged criminal conspiracy and murder, has claimed
before the CIC that the matter related to violation of “his human rights to
dignity and equality” and as per proviso to section 24(1) of the RTI Act CBI is
not exempted.
He had
approached the Department of Personnel and Training seeking the correspondence
under the transparency law but it was forwarded to CBI which claimed the
exemption given under the Right to Information Act by the UPA government,
reports PTI.
The former IB
officer pleaded before the Commission that information sought does not relate
to operational matters of CBI or collection of intelligence by CBI. “The
appellant submitted that the respondent had earlier not informed him that
information cannot be provided on the grounds that CBI is exempted from the
purview of RTI Act. This seems to be an afterthought to deny information to
him,” Information Commissioner Sudhir Bhargava noted.
Posting the
matter to further date, he said it is necessary to ascertain as to whether the
matter pertains to allegations of human right violations against officers of
CBI.
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