Times
of India: Ahmedabad: Wednesday, 07 April 2021.
A 29-year-old man from a Gandhinagar village on Sunday filed a complaint with police alleging that he was attacked by four persons after he sought information under RTI on funds spent for development work in his village.Haresh Thakor, who runs a mobile phone repair shop in Kalol and lives at Khuniyavas of Santej village, said he has filed various RTI applications seeking details of expenditure on development in his village.
He said his cousin Khodaji Thakor, the sarpanch of the village, was not happy with his RTI pleas and threatened him not to file more applications.
He said Khodaji had on December 24, 2020, parked a vehicle in front of his house and when Haresh asked him on why he parked his vehicle in front of his house, Khodaji began abusing him.
Haresh said Khodaji began asking him why he was harassing him by filing RTI applications and threatened to kill him.
When Haresh protested, Khodaji began thrashing him and shot a video which he later published on social media.
On January 3, Khodaji, with his wife, Chanchi Thakor, and three aides Govindji Thakor, Karan Thakor and Ajay Thakor attacked him with sticks and pipes, leaving him severely injured.
Haresh alleged that the accused broke his mobile phone, and thrashed his wife and broke her phone when she tried to rescue him.
He stated in the FIR that he did not file a complaint against Khodaji and the others as he was scared of the accused persons. He approached Santej police on Sunday and filed a complaint for causing hurt, criminal intimidation and use of abusive words against Khodaji and the four others.
A 29-year-old man from a Gandhinagar village on Sunday filed a complaint with police alleging that he was attacked by four persons after he sought information under RTI on funds spent for development work in his village.Haresh Thakor, who runs a mobile phone repair shop in Kalol and lives at Khuniyavas of Santej village, said he has filed various RTI applications seeking details of expenditure on development in his village.
He said his cousin Khodaji Thakor, the sarpanch of the village, was not happy with his RTI pleas and threatened him not to file more applications.
He said Khodaji had on December 24, 2020, parked a vehicle in front of his house and when Haresh asked him on why he parked his vehicle in front of his house, Khodaji began abusing him.
Haresh said Khodaji began asking him why he was harassing him by filing RTI applications and threatened to kill him.
When Haresh protested, Khodaji began thrashing him and shot a video which he later published on social media.
On January 3, Khodaji, with his wife, Chanchi Thakor, and three aides Govindji Thakor, Karan Thakor and Ajay Thakor attacked him with sticks and pipes, leaving him severely injured.
Haresh alleged that the accused broke his mobile phone, and thrashed his wife and broke her phone when she tried to rescue him.
He stated in the FIR that he did not file a complaint against Khodaji and the others as he was scared of the accused persons. He approached Santej police on Sunday and filed a complaint for causing hurt, criminal intimidation and use of abusive words against Khodaji and the four others.
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