NDTV: Meghalaya: Wednesday, March 21, 2018.
A
right-to-information activist who was working to expose alleged misuse of
public funds in Meghalaya was found dead in the northeast state, police said on
Tuesday.
Poipynhun
Majaw had been filing applications under the Right to Information (RTI) Act to
check alleged corruption in public projects in Meghalaya's Jaintia Hills
Autonomous District Council.
His body was
found near a bridge in Khliehriat, the district headquarters of East Jaintia
Hills, 120 kilometres from state capital Shillong. He was also the president of
Jaintia Youth Federation.
Police said
he was last seen riding a motorcycle near the East Jaintia Hills deputy
commissioner's office on Monday night.
"A
wrench was found next to the body. Preliminary inquest suggests the victim was
hit on the head leading to his death," senior police officer AR Mawthoh
said.
Recently,
using replies he got from the authorities under using the RTI route, he had
alleged that cement firms have been mining in the area without permission from
the council.
Civil Society
Women's Organisation president Agnes Kharshing condemned the murder. "We
strongly condemn his killing and demand immediate arrest of those
responsible," she said.
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