The Hindu: Coimbatore: Tuesday, February 23, 2016.
A leading
Right To Information (RTI) activist and State Resolution Committee Member of
the Marumalarchi Dravida Munetra Kazhagam (MDMK), M. Krishnasamy (55), of
Maniyakaranpalayam petitioned the City Police Commissioner A. Amalraj on
Monday.
He sought
action against those who sent fraudulent RTI petitions in his name.
Mr.
Krishnasamy who was a councillor in the corporation from 1996 to 2006 claimed
that mischief mongers had forged his letter pad, seal and signature and sent as
many as 66 petitions with 250 questions to the RTI Officer of the Corporation
here. The activist who has used RTI over 500 times from 2006 and published two
books about RTI Act 2005 said that misusing his identity was a bid to tarnish
his image.
“The incident
came to my notice last Thursday (February 18) when the personnel at the
Ganapathy Post Office asked me why I had affixed stamps for lesser denomination
in so many RTI petitions. Knowing I had not sent any such petitions of late I
checked the covers and was shocked to see misuse of my identity,” he said.
Some of the
questions in those fraudulent petitions sought financial status, wealth and
salary details of the 100 councillors and the corporation staff here over a
period of 10 years. “Such questions are aimed at creating enmity between me and
the councillors and corporation staff,” Mr. Krishnasamy said.
He suspected
the hand of a leading contractor for Coimbatore Corporation.
This
contractor is closely linked to a top ruling party functionary who Krishnasamy
had exposed in his RTI petitions earlier this month. He also produced copies of
the fraudulent letter pads, seals and signatures in the RTI petitions sent in
his name.
Supporting
him, representatives of a few other political parties also petitioned the
police commissioner. Mr. Krishnasamy said the police commissioner has forwarded
it to the Assistant Commissioner (Law and Order) of the East Sub Division to
inquiry the incident and initiate appropriate action.
.JPG)
.JPG)
