Attacks on RTI activists in India

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Many Right to Information Act (RTI) activists, including policemen, have been harassed and even murdered for seeking information to "promote transparency and accountability in the working of every public authority" in India. Many face assaults on a regular basis. People seeking information from their gram panchayat and the local administration also face social ostracism. A few activists who sought information under RTI related to MNREGA scams, were killed.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/article1505888.ece|title=MGNREGA activist who exposed many cases of corruption found dead|first=Ipsita|last=Pati|date=3 March 2011|accessdate=18 July 2013|work=The Hindu|location=Ranchi}}{{cite news|url=http://tehelka.com/where-exposing-corruption-can-kill-you/|title=Where Exposing Corruption Can Kill You|accessdate=1 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130329173540/http://tehelka.com/where-exposing-corruption-can-kill-you/|archive-date=29 March 2013|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080609/jsp/frontpage/story_9385159.jsp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080612061155/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080609/jsp/frontpage/story_9385159.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 June 2008|title=Kameshwar Yadav|first=Shahnawaz|last=Akhtar|date=9 June 2008|accessdate=30 March 2012|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|location=Calcutta, India}} Many threats and attacks (including murder) go unreported by the media.{{cite web |url=http://www.achrweb.org/ihrrq/issue3-4/ihrrq-jan-june-2011.pdf |title=RTI Activists Sitting Ducks of India |accessdate=30 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323203911/http://www.achrweb.org/ihrrq/issue3-4/ihrrq-jan-june-2011.pdf |archive-date=23 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Maharashtra-tops-country-in-attacks-murder-of-RTI-activists/articleshow/27743408.cms|title=Maharashtra tops country in attacks, murder of RTI activists - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-01-30}}

Media reports of more than 300 instances of attacks on or harassment of citizens and at least 51 murders and 5 suicides can be linked to information sought under The Right to Information Act. Maharashtra followed by Gujarat tops the list for states with the most attacks on RTI users.{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/74320/74320/|title=Maharashtra, Gujarat Top in Attacks, Killing of RTI Users - The Wire|last=Bhatnagar|first=Gaurav Vivek|website=thewire.in|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-01-30}}

Overview

RTI activists are vulnerable human rights defenders (HRDs) in India. Unlike other HRDs, a majority of the RTI activists are not part of an organisation; they often act alone, moved by anger at corruption and other illegal activities. RTI activists are vulnerable because they live in the same areas as public authorities and political leaders who do not want information about their activities to be disclosed.{{Cite web|title=Dying for information: Right to information and whistleblower protection in India|url=https://www.u4.no/publications/dying-for-information-right-to-information-and-whistleblower-protection-in-india/|access-date=2020-12-08|website=U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre}} For the most part, human rights defenders receive media attention only when killed or seriously injured. When complaints are made by RTI activists, law enforcement personnel (who often work with corrupt officials) do not take appropriate action [https://www.moneylife.in/article/ribeiro-writes-to-maharashtra-dgp-to-treat-kumbhars-case-with-seriousness/41122.html]. The Right to Information Act, 2005 provides inadequate protection to whistleblowers.[https://www.freepressjournal.in/headlines/maharashtra-missing-rti-activist-vinayak-shirsath-found-dead-in-pune-police-suspect-murder/1458052] The Central Information Commission and the State Information Commissions are not mandated to deal with such threats or attacks or to provide protection when needed.{{cite web |url=http://mobile.businessweek.com/magazine/in-india-whistleblowers-pay-with-their-lives-10202011.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120716000327/http://mobile.businessweek.com/magazine/in-india-whistleblowers-pay-with-their-lives-10202011.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-16 |title=In India, Whistle-Blowers Pay with Their Lives |work=Bloomberg BusinessWeek |date=2011-10-20 |accessdate=2012-03-30 }} Attacks on RTI users have not ceased despite directions from several information commissions and state governments to protect them from harm.{{Cite web|last=Sabhikhi|first=Inayat|date=2020-02-14|title=Improving India's Right to Information Law to Protect Citizens|url=https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2020/02/14/improving-indias-right-to-information-law-to-protect-citizens/|access-date=2020-12-08|website=GAB {{!}} The Global Anticorruption Blog|language=en}}

List of attacks

There are two sources of crowd sourced lists maintained of the attacks on people using RTI to seek transparency and accountability, primarily based on media reports. The first is via the National Campaign for People's Right to Information. A "Hall of Shame" is maintained by CHRI.{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/84-activists-killed-many-more-are-missing-or-threatened-now-the-rti-itself-is-under-threat-372277.html|publisher=India Times|title=84 Activists Killed, Many More Are Missing Or Threatened; Now The RTI Itself Is Under Threat|date=28 July 2019 |access-date=2024-04-29}}

= Killed/Murdered =

class="wikitable sortable"
Name

!State

!District / Location

!Date

!Attack type

! class="unsortable" |Nature of Activism

Sudhir Chaudhary

|Gujarat

|Tapi

|2024

|Killed

|{{Cite web |date=2024-03-20 |title=RTI activist strangulated to death in Tapi district |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/rti-activist-strangulated-to-death-in-tapi-district-9223568/ |access-date=2024-11-07 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}

Devjit Singh

|Uttar Pradesh

|Aligarh

|

|

|{{Cite news |date=2022-11-29 |title=RTI activist beaten to death over work query |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/rti-activist-beaten-to-death-over-work-query/articleshow/95840201.cms |access-date=2024-11-07 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=Aligarh RTI activist beaten, dies: kin say killed for exposing graft, blames pradhan |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/aligarh-rti-activist-beaten-dies-kin-say-killed-for-exposing-graft-blames-pradhan-8297075/ |access-date=2024-11-07 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}

Gattu Vamana Rao and his wife Nagamani

|Telangana

|Peddapalli

|2021-02-18

|Murdered by Knife

|RTI filed for land issue, more details waiting for the culprits.

Ranjan Kumar Das

|Odisha

|Kendrapara

|2020-02-01

|Killed

|Regularly filed RTIs on local issues, including brick kilns.{{Cite web|date=2020-12-05|title=Activist Ranjan Das Murder: RTI Forum Demands CBI Probe, Calls For State-Wide Protest {{!}} OTV News|url=https://odishatv.in/odisha-news/activist-ranjan-das-murder-rti-forum-demands-cbi-probe-calls-for-state-wide-protest-498331|access-date=2020-12-08|website=Latest Odisha News, Breaking News Today {{!}} Top Updates on Corona - OTV English|language=en-US}}

Sanjay Dubey

|Maharashtra

|Mumbai

|2019-05-20

|Murdered{{Cite web|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com//mumbai/crime/rti-activist-stabbed-to-death-in-ghatkopar/articleshow/69416036.cms?|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190614061409/https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com//mumbai/crime/rti-activist-stabbed-to-death-in-ghatkopar/articleshow/69416036.cms|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 June 2019|title=mumbai: RTI activist stabbed to death in Ghatkopar|date=2019-06-14|access-date=2019-06-14}}

|Filed RTI regarding illegal construction and PIL in High court against a politician.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/two-arrested-for-hacking-mumbai-businessman-to-death/story-ayuyZSL5j5VudwPBUZWcRK.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190614062213/https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/two-arrested-for-hacking-mumbai-businessman-to-death/story-ayuyZSL5j5VudwPBUZWcRK.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2019-06-14|title=Two arrested for hacking Mumbai businessman to death {{!}} mumbai news {{!}} Hindustan Times|date=2019-06-14|access-date=2019-06-14}}{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/mumbai-40-yr-old-man-hacked-to-death-by-three-assailants-cops-detain-two-5739386/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190614062902/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/mumbai-40-yr-old-man-hacked-to-death-by-three-assailants-cops-detain-two-5739386/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2019-06-14|title=Mumbai: 40-yr-old man hacked to death by three assailants, cops detain two |work=The Indian Express|date=2019-06-14|access-date=2019-06-14}}

Chirag Patel

|Gujrat

|Ahmadabad

|2019-03-16

|Killed{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/gujarat-murdered-journalist-used-to-file-rtis-5634842/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190614095622/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/gujarat-murdered-journalist-used-to-file-rtis-5634842/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2019-06-14|title=Gujarat: 'Murdered' journalist used to file RTIs {{!}} India News, The Indian Express|date=2019-06-14|access-date=2019-06-14}}

|Obtaining information regarding MPLAD.

Vinayak Shirsath

|Maharashtra

|Pune

|2019-02-12

|Murdered{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/call-for-timely-probe-into-rti-activists-death/article26284264.ece|title=Call for timely probe into RTI activist's death|date=2019-02-15|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-06-14|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}

|Filed RTI regarding illegal construction.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/missing-rti-vinayak-shirsath-activist-found-dead-police-suspect-murder/story-AXNrNaJIGHfG7eOhZ9yIKJ.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190614064157/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/missing-rti-vinayak-shirsath-activist-found-dead-police-suspect-murder/story-AXNrNaJIGHfG7eOhZ9yIKJ.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2019-06-14|title=Missing RTI Vinayak Shirsath activist found dead, police suspect murder {{!}} india news {{!}} Hindustan Times|date=2019-06-14|access-date=2019-06-14}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/mirror-now/crime/article/pune-rti-activist-vinayak-shirsat-murder-crime-maharashtra-pune-police/366905|title=RTI activist Vinayak Shirsat murder case: Three arrested, say financial dispute triggered violence {{!}} Crime News|website=timesnownews.com|date=16 February 2019 |language=en-GB|access-date=2019-06-14}}

Bhola Sah

|Bihar

|Banka

|2018-12-23

|Killed{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/abducted-rti-activist-found-dead-fifth-in-bihar-this-year-5509423/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190614074245/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/abducted-rti-activist-found-dead-fifth-in-bihar-this-year-5509423/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2019-06-14|title=Abducted RTI activist found dead, fifth in Bihar this year {{!}} India News, The Indian Express|date=2019-06-14|access-date=2019-06-14}}

|Exposed financial irregularities in Social Welfare schemes.

Manoj Tripathi

|Madhya Pradesh

|Bhopal

|2018-11-02

|Fall from building{{Cite web|url=https://www.newslaundry.com/|title=Sabki Dhulai|website=Newslaundry|language=en-UK|access-date=2019-06-14}}{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/rights/rti-bhopal-manoj-tripathi|title=Bhopal RTI Activist Who 'Fell Off a Building' Succumbs to Injuries|website=The Wire|access-date=2019-06-14}}

|RTI filed. Complaint against powerful leader.{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/congress-demands-cbi-probe-into-rti-activists-death/articleshow/66706791.cms|title=Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh: Congress demands CBI probe into RTI activist's death|date=November 20, 2018|first=Ashutosh|last=Shukla|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-06-14}}

Rohit Ashoke Junaware

|Maharashtra

|Pune

|2018-11-01

|Killed{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/mirror-now/crime/article/pune-man-rohit-ashok-junawane-sickled-to-death-by-9-for-seeking-details-of-a-construction-project-under-rti-rohit-junawane-murder-aundh/308789|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190614100350/https://www.timesnownews.com/mirror-now/crime/article/pune-man-rohit-ashok-junawane-sickled-to-death-by-9-for-seeking-details-of-a-construction-project-under-rti-rohit-junawane-murder-aundh/308789|url-status=dead|archive-date=2019-06-14|title=Pune man sickled to death by 9 for seeking details of a construction project under RTI {{!}} Crime News|date=2019-06-14|access-date=2019-06-14}}

|Construction related information.{{Cite news|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/mirror-now/crime/article/pune-man-rohit-ashok-junawane-sickled-to-death-by-9-for-seeking-details-of-a-construction-project-under-rti-rohit-junawane-murder-aundh/308789|title=Pune man sickled to death by 9 for seeking details of a construction project under RTI {{!}} Crime News|website=timesnownews.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-06-14}}

Kedar Singh Jindan

|Himachal Pradesh

|Sirmaur

|2018-09-07

|Killed{{Cite web|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/himachal-pradesh-rti-activist-murdered-kin-demand-cbi-probe|title=Dalit RTI Activist Murdered in Himachal, Kin Demand CBI Probe|date=2018-09-12|website=The Quint|language=en|access-date=2019-06-14}}

|Exposed various jobs related scam.

Parshuram Pradhan

|Odisa

|Sambhalpur

|2018-08-27

|Killed{{Cite web|url=http://attacksonrtiusers.org/PDFFiles/Parshuram%20Pradhan_RTI%20User_Aug2018_odishasoochana.blogspot_01112018014402.pdf|title=Attacks on rti users.}}

|Exposed corruption in cooperative societies

Valmiki Yadav

|Bihar

|Jamui

|2018-07-01

|Killed{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/rti-activist-valmiki-yadav-his-associate-shot-dead-in-bihars-jamui-district-third-such-incident-in-state-since-april-4644681.html|title=RTI activist Valmiki Yadav, his associate shot dead in Bihar's Jamui district; third such incident in state since April|website=Firstpost|date=2 July 2018|access-date=2019-06-14}}

|Exposed various corrupt practices in Panchayat level programme.{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/jamui-rti-activist-supporter-killed-over-appointment-of-aanganwadi-sevika-5242348/|title=Bihar: RTI activist, supporter killed over 'appointment of Aanganwadi sevika' in Jamui|date=2018-07-03|website=The Indian Express|language=en-IN|access-date=2019-06-14}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/jul/02/one-arrested-jd-u-leader-detained-in-bihar-rti-activists-murder-1836924.html|title=One arrested, JD-U leader detained in Bihar RTI activist's murder|website=The New Indian Express|date=2 July 2018 |access-date=2019-06-14}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/rti-activist-among-2-shot-dead-in-bihar-s-jamui-panchayat-head-jd-u-leader-detained/story-JWhAPvDRCV34k51JWC21SP.html|title=RTI activist among 2 shot dead in Bihar's Jamui; panchayat head, JD(U) leader detained|date=2018-07-02|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=2019-06-14}}

Rajendra Prasad Singh

|Bihar

|East Champaran

|2018-06-21

|Killed{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/sit-to-probe-rti-activist-murder-in-e-champaran/articleshow/64670362.cms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190614073045/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/sit-to-probe-rti-activist-murder-in-e-champaran/articleshow/64670362.cms|url-status=dead|archive-date=2019-06-14|title=SIT to probe RTI activist murder in E Champaran {{!}} Patna News - Times of India|website=The Times of India |date=2019-06-14|access-date=2019-06-14}}

|Exposed Several corruption in police recruitment, PDS, toilet scheme, health and education scheme through his RTI application.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/rti-activists-living-dangerously-in-bihar/article25828332.ece|title=RTI activists living dangerously in Bihar|last=Tewary|first=Amarnath|date=2018-12-25|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-06-14|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/bihar/five-named-in-crusader-murder/cid/1443984|title=Five named in crusader murder|website=The Telegraph|location=Kolkota|language=en|access-date=2019-06-14}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/bihar/rti-crusader-silenced/cid/1443970|title=RTI crusader silenced|website=The Telegraph|location=Kolkota|language=en|access-date=2019-06-14}}{{Cite web|url=https://thelogicalindian.com/news/rti-activist-shot-dead/|title=RTI Activist Shot Dead in Bihar; Victim Was To Be Witness in a Fraud Case Says Police|date=2018-06-21|website=The Logical Indian|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-14}}

Jayant Kumar

|Bihar

|Vaishali

|2018-04-04

|Killed{{Cite web|url=https://khabar.ndtv.com/topic/rti-activist-jayant-kumar/news|title=Rti activist jayant kumar news in Hindi, Rti activist jayant kumar की ताज़ा ख़बर, ब्रेकिंग न्यूज़ - NDTV India|website=khabar.ndtv.com|access-date=2019-06-14}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/bihar/rti-activist-murder-finger-at-hired-killers/cid/1440839|title=RTI activist murder finger at hired killers|website=The Telegraph|location=Kolkota|language=en|access-date=2019-06-14}}

|Exposed corruption in Bihar State Food Corporation.{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/bihar/rti-activist-murder-finger-at-hired-killers/cid/1440839|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190614072010/https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/bihar/rti-activist-murder-finger-at-hired-killers/cid/1440839|url-status=live|archive-date=2019-06-14|title=RTI activist murder finger at hired killers|date=2019-06-14|access-date=2019-06-14}} Collected information regarding corrupt practices by policeman and politicians.{{Cite web|url=https://www.amarujala.com/bihar/rti-activist-jayant-kumar-shot-dead-in-bihar-vaishali|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190614072335/https://www.amarujala.com/bihar/rti-activist-jayant-kumar-shot-dead-in-bihar-vaishali|url-status=dead|archive-date=2019-06-14|title=Rti Activist Jayant Kumar Shot Dead in Bihar Vaishali - बिहार: Rti कार्यकर्ता की गोली मारकर हत्या, नेताओं और पुलिसकर्मियों के खिलाफ इकट्ठा किए थे सबूत - Amar Ujala Hindi News Live|date=2019-06-14|access-date=2019-06-14}}

Nanjibhai Sondarva

|Gujarat

|Rajkot

|2018-03-09

|Clubbed to death

|For filing RTIs to expose financial irregularities in the developmental works undertaken in a village{{Cite news|url=http://www.risingkashmir.com/news/rti-activist-murdered-in-gujrat|title=RTI activist murdered in Gujrat|work=Rising Kashmir|access-date=2018-03-11|language=en-GB|archive-date=11 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311141809/http://www.risingkashmir.com/news/rti-activist-murdered-in-gujrat|url-status=dead}}

Mirtyunjay Singh

|Bihar

|Bhojpur

|2017

|Killed

|

Mukesh Dube

|Madhya Pradesh

|Moraina

|2017-09-26

|Stabbed to Death{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1170927/jsp/nation/story_175223.jsp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010004734/https://www.telegraphindia.com/1170927/jsp/nation/story_175223.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 October 2017|title=RTI crusader stabbed to death|last=Kidwai|first=Rasheed|date=26 September 2017|work=The Telegraph|access-date=9 October 2017}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/rti-activist-abducted-beaten-to-death-in-madhya-pradesh-s-morena/story-VJMPra5NQiFhVYgaRhFOSK.html|title=RTI activist abducted, beaten to death in Madhya Pradesh's Morena|last=Mitra|first=Punya Priya|date=27 September 2017|work=Hindustan Times|access-date=9 October 2017}}

|Exposed corruption in Panchayats

Md Tahiruddin

|West Bengal

|

|2016-11-19

|Murdered

|Exposed MGNREGA scams in Gram Panchayat of Uttar Dinajpur district of West Bengal, disseminated Information to job card holders, whose bank accounts were used for withdrawing money in name of fake projects. He was working under the organization PACT Org as a volunteer, it is an organization working in the field of Transparency and anti-corruption

Lalit Mehta

|Jharkhand

|

|2008-05-15

|Killed{{cite web|url=http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/latest-news/In-grief-over-a-murdered-NREG-activist-his-courage-is-healer/313893/|title=In grief over a murdered NREG activist, his courage is healer|first=Manoj|last=Prasad|date=24 May 2008|work=The Indian Express|accessdate=30 March 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130718121914/http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/latest-news/In-grief-over-a-murdered-NREG-activist-his-courage-is-healer/313893/|archive-date=18 July 2013|url-status=dead}}

|Mehta used RTI to expose NREGA related scams. Fought for the social audit of NREGA

Kameshwar Yadav

|Jharkhand

|

|2008-06-07

|Killed

|Sought information on the nexus among officers, politicians, contractors and middlemen in NREGA related irrigation projects in Deori.

Venkatesh

|Karnataka

|

|2009-06-04

|

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Satish Shetty

|Maharashtra

|Pune

|2010-01-13

|Killed[https://www.thehindu.com/news/Whistleblower-RTI-activist-Satish-Shetty-killed/article16837452.ece Whistleblower RTI activist Satish Shetty killed]

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Arun Sawant

|Maharashtra

|

|2010-01-02

|Killed[http://www.frontlineonnet.com/stories/20100910271800400.htm Arun Sawant]{{dead link|date=March 2012}}

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Vishram Laxman Dodiya

|Gujarat

|

|2010-02-11

|Killed{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article532051.ece|title=Eight RTI activists killed in seven months|author=J. Balaji|date=25 July 2010|accessdate=30 March 2012|work=The Hindu|location=NEW DELHI}}

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Shashidhar Mishra

|Bihar

|Begusarai

|2010-02-14

|Killed[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/rti-activist-shot-dead-by-criminals-in-begusarai-dist/articleshow/5578330.cms RTI activist shot dead by criminals in Begusarai district]

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Sola Ranga Rao

|Andhra Pradesh

|

|2010-04-11

|Killed

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Vitthal Gite

|Maharashtra

|Aurangabad

|2010-04-21

|Killed[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/rti-activist-killed-in-group-clash-in-beed/articleshow/5842598.cms RTI activist killed in group clash in Beed]

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Dattatraya Patil

|Maharashtra

|Ichalkaranji

|2010-05-22

|Killed[https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-duo-arrested-for-murder-of-47-year-old-rti-activist-in-mumbai-1387877 Duo arrested for murder of 47-year-old RTI activist in Mumbai]←

|

Gopal Prasad

|Bihar

|Buxar

|2010-07-19

|Killed

|

Amit Jethwa

|Gujarat

|Ahmedabad

|2010-07-20

|Killed[https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/gujarat-rti-activist-amit-jethwa-shot-dead-424462 Gujarat: RTI activist Amit Jethwa shot dead]

|Used RTI to expose illegal mining in the Gir Forest area. Dinu Boga arrested by CBI in this case. Earlier Gujarat police had given clean chit to Dinu Boga.

Vijay Pratap (alias Babbu Singh)

|Uttar Pradesh

|

|2010-07-25

|Killed{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-07-28/lucknow/28276442_1_home-guard-pradhan-rti-act|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120721074544/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-07-28/lucknow/28276442_1_home-guard-pradhan-rti-act|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 July 2012|title=Home guard killed for seeking info under RTI|date=28 July 2010|work=The Times of India|accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Ramdas Ghadegaonkar

|Maharashtra

|

|2010-08-27

|Killed{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Not-enough-steps-taken-to-curb-attacks/Article1-594029.aspx|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125205242/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Not-enough-steps-taken-to-curb-attacks/Article1-594029.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 January 2013|title=Ramdas Ghadegaonkar|date=31 August 2010|work=Hindustan Times|accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Niyamat Ansari

|Jharkhand

|

|2011-02-03

|Killed

|Exposed corruption by contractors in work under MNREGA.

Jagdish

|Haryana

|

|2011-10-02

|Attempt to kill{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/other-states/article1447478.ece|title=Attempt made on RTI applicant's life, kin dies in rescue act|agency=Press Trust of India|date=12 February 2011|accessdate=30 March 2012|work=The Hindu|location=FATEHABAD|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110215012305/http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/other-states/article1447478.ece|archive-date=15 February 2011|url-status=dead}}

|Jagdish and Phool Singh, another resident of his village, unearthed a pension scam and subsequently filed a case of alleged fraud against the accused in the court. The Village Head tried to kill him, but only managed to crush his legs and killed his daughter-in-law Sonu.

Amit Kapasia

|Gujarat

|

|2011-12-29

|Killed{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Slain-Surat-builder-had-filed-30-RTI-queries/894167/|title=Amit Kapasia|date=31 December 2011|work=The Indian Express|accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Shehla Masood

|Madhya Pradesh

|

|2011-08-16

|Killed{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Anna-Hazares-supporter-and-RTI-activist-shot-dead-in-Bhopal/articleshow/9622139.cms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106041209/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-16/india/29891770_1_rti-activist-anna-hazare-gun-shot|url-status=live|archive-date=6 November 2012|title=Anna Hazare's supporter and RTI activist shot dead in Bhopal|first=Deshdeep|last=Saxena|date=16 August 2011|work=The Times of India|access-date=18 July 2013}}

|

Dr. Murlidhar Jaiswal

|Bihar

|Munger

|2012-03-04

|Killed

|

Rahul Kumar

|Bihar

|Katihar

|2012-03-11

|Killed

|

Rajesh Yadav

|Bihar

|Gaya

|2012-12-12

|Killed

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S Bhuvaneswaran

|Tamil Nadu

|

|2012-10-01

|Killed{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-01-11/india/30615544_1_rti-applications-rti-activist-land-encroachment|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707140830/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-01-11/india/30615544_1_rti-applications-rti-activist-land-encroachment|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 July 2012|title=RTI activist murdered in Kolathur by land mafia|author=A Selvaraj, TNN|date=11 January 2012|work=The Times of India|accessdate=18 July 2013}}

|

Nadeem Saiyed

|Gujarat

|

|2011-05-11

|Killed (reason possibly unrelated){{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_slain-rti-man-nadeem-saiyed-was-threatened-by-goon_1608607|title=Slain RTI man Nadeem Saiyed was threatened by goon|date=7 November 2011|publisher=DNA India|accessdate=30 March 2012}}

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Ramvilas Singh

|Bihar

|Lakhisarai

|2011-08-12

|Killed (reason possibly unrelated){{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/rti-activist-shot-dead-in-bihar/885698/0|title=RTI activist shot dead in Bihar|first=Santosh|last=Singh|date=9 December 2011|accessdate=18 July 2013|work=The Indian Express|location=Patna}}

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V Balasubramanian

|Tamil Nadu

|

|2010-08-19

|Killed(?){{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-08-20/chennai/28280601_1_rti-activist-societies-kancheepuram-district|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715093741/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-08-20/chennai/28280601_1_rti-activist-societies-kancheepuram-district|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 July 2012|title=RTI activist found dead on road|date=20 August 2010|work=The Times of India|accessdate=18 July 2013}}

|

Premnath Jha

|Maharashtra

|Mumbai, Virar

|2012-02-25

|Killed{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/RTI-activist-shot-dead-in-Virar/articleshow/12039192.cms|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120716000134/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-02-26/mumbai/31101108_1_rti-activist-shot-vasai-virar-vasai-virar-municipal-corporation|url-status=live|archive-date=16 July 2012|title=RTI activist shot dead in Virar|date=25 February 2012|work=The Times of India|access-date=26 February 2012}}

|Filed several RTI queries with the Vasai Virar Municipal Corporation seeking details of several construction projects

Vasudeva Adiga

|Karnatka

|Udupi

|2013-01-12

|Killed{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/body-of-abducted-rti-activist-found/article4302536.ece|title=Body of abducted RTI activist found|author=Staff Correspondent|date=13 January 2013|accessdate=18 July 2013|work=The Hindu|location=Udupi}}

|

Ram Kumar Thakkur

|Bihar

|Ratnauli, Muzzafarpur

|2013-03-23

|Killed{{Cite web|url=http://www.tehelka.com/2013/03/where-exposing-corruption-can-kill-you/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131082428/http://www.tehelka.com/2013/03/where-exposing-corruption-can-kill-you/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2018-01-31|title=Where Exposing Corruption can Kill You {{!}} Tehelka - Investigations, Latest News, Politics, Analysis, Blogs, Culture, Photos, Videos, Podcasts|date=2018-01-31|access-date=2019-06-14}}

|Lawyer; Persisted with a legal case exposing "irregularities" in the implementation of NREGA welfare scheme in his village. Earlier, used RTI and exposed fraud involving sarpanch (village head).

Sanjay Tyagi

|Uttar Pradesh

|Meerut

|2014-05-25

|Killed{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/centre-sits-on-whistleblower-act-as-toll-soars/articleshow/40319892.cms|title=Centre sits on Whistleblower Act as toll soars|date=28 May 2014|publisher=Times of India}}

|

Shivshankar Jha

|Bihar

|Saharsa

|2014

|Killed

|

Sandeep Kothari

|Maharashtra

|Nagpur

|2015-06-19 till 2015-06-21

|Strangled and then burned to death{{cite web|url=http://www.thehoot.org/media-watch/media-practice/anatomy-of-a-journalist-s-murder-8409|title=Anatomy of a journalist's murder|date=27 June 2015|work=The Hoot}}

|Exposed illegal sand mining and land grabbing

Surendra Sharma

|Bihar

|Masaurhi

|2015-04-03

|Killed{{Cite web|url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/patna-city-murder-of-rti-activist-in-bihar-17784530.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190614084453/https://www.jagran.com/bihar/patna-city-murder-of-rti-activist-in-bihar-17784530.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2019-06-14|title=Murder of rti activist in bihar|date=2019-06-14|access-date=2019-06-14}}

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Gopal Tiwari

|Bihar

|Gopalganj

|2015

|Killed

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Ramakan Singh

|Bihar

|Rohtas

|2016

|Killed

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Ramesh Agarwal

|Chattishgarh

|Raigarh

|2012-07-07

|Shot{{cite news|url=http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=768041|title=RTI Activist Shot at in Chhattisgarh|date=7 July 2012|accessdate=1 July 2013|work=Outlook|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120708001440/http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=768041|archive-date=8 July 2012|url-status=dead}}

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Vinayak Baliga

|Karnataka

|Mangalore

|2016-03-21

|Hacked to death{{Cite web |last=Mangalorean |first=Violet Pereira, Mangaluru Team |date=2016-03-25 |title=Murder of Vinayak Baliga - RTI Activist who Fought for Justice |url=https://www.mangalorean.com/murder-vinayak-baliga-rti-activist-fought-justice/ |access-date=2022-09-23 |website=Mangalorean.com |language=en-US}}

|{{Cite web |last=mangalorean |first=Caroline Dsouza, Pics by Astel Pereira, Team |date=2016-11-26 |title=Vinayak Baliga Murder Case, investigation at Standstill |url=https://www.mangalorean.com/vinayak-baliga-murder-case-investigation-at-standstill/ |access-date=2022-09-23 |website=Mangalorean.com |language=en-US}}

= Abducted/Kidnapped and Tortured =

class="wikitable sortable"
Name

!State

!District / Location

!Date

!Attack type

! class="unsortable" |Nature of Activism

Anoop Singh

|Uttar Pradesh

|Noida, Dankaur Town

|December 2013

|Abducted and Tortured

|An RTI activist was abducted from Dankaur town in Gautam Budh Nagar district on 13 December, burnt with cigarette butts on his private parts and beaten with iron rods before being dumped near a petrol pump in a neighbouring district four days later.

{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/noida/RTI-activist-abducted-and-tortured/articleshow/27611270.cms|title=RTI activist abducted and tortured|date=13 December 2013|work=The Times of India}}{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/rti-activist-abducted-burnt-with-cigarette-butts/article1-1163997.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219140240/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/rti-activist-abducted-burnt-with-cigarette-butts/article1-1163997.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 December 2013|title=RTI activist abducted, burnt with cigarette butts|date=18 December 2013|work=Hindustan Times}}

= Assault =

class="wikitable sortable"
Name

!State

!Date

!Attack type

! class="unsortable" |Nature of Activism

Yashwant Shinde

|Maharashtra

|Jan 2020

|Physical assault

|Shinde had [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/rti-activist-moves-top-cop-for-assault-fir-against-dcp/articleshow/73061668.cms sought details] under RTI on Worli police's seizure of Rs. 4 crore in cash from a car during state assembly elections.

Sambhuram Bishnoi

|Rajasthan

|Oct 2013

|Abduct and Assault with hockey and iron rods in his village sarpanch's house while going for aadhaar card enrollment and killed

|Exposed MNREGA, Sajal Dhara tubewell scam against his village sarpanch

Adv. Mohd. Hasim Shaikh

|Maharashtra

|5 Jan 2014

|Assault with Hockey and Iron rods in the late evening when going towards home, got major injuries and also got finger fractured, the assaulters took away the cell phone and a wallet.

|Exposed License scams in BMC and also got Penalized officers of BMC by State Information Commissions, working as an alert and active citizen, associated with various citizens group.

Rinku Singh Rahi

|Uttar Pradesh

|26 Mar 2009

|Assaulted, removed to a mental institution.{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/cities/on-hunger-strike-whistleblower-bureaucrat-picked-up-by-cops-and-sent-to-a-mental-institution-190277|title=Lucknow: Whistleblower bureaucrat picked up from protest site, taken to psychiatric ward|date=27 March 2012|publisher=NDTV|accessdate=27 March 2012|quote=Mr Rahi has been raising the issue of corruption in the state government sponsored schemes ever since his stint as the District Social Welfare Officer in Muzzafarnagar in 2009. He has exposed corruption to the tune of Rs. 40 crore, for which he also suffered an attempt on his life when the local mafia pumped six bullets into him on 26 March 2009 – in that assault, he lost vision in one eye}}

|Rahi is a bureaucrat who used RTI to expose welfare scheme fraud in Muzzaffarnagar

Firoz Ibrahim Khan

|Maharashtra

|17 Nov 2007

|Assault{{cite news|url=http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/latest-news/estate-agent-assaulted-for-filing-rti-four-arrested/245439/|title=Estate agent assaulted for filing RTI, four arrested|author=Express news service|date=1 December 2007|accessdate=18 July 2013|work=The Indian Express|location=Mumbai|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130718121729/http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/latest-news/estate-agent-assaulted-for-filing-rti-four-arrested/245439/|archive-date=18 July 2013|url-status=dead}}

|

Gopalbandhu Chhatria

|Odisha

|2 Jan 2009

|Assault{{cite web|url=http://archive.tehelka.com/story_main47.asp?filename=Ne091010Dead_Right.asp|title=Dead Right|date=9 October 2010|work=Tehelka|accessdate=30 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203045413/http://archive.tehelka.com/story_main47.asp?filename=Ne091010Dead_Right.asp|archive-date=3 February 2016|url-status=dead}}

|

Ripu Daman Ohri

|Punjab

|6 Jan 2009

|Assault{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/applicant-complains-of-receiving-threat/679649/0|title=Applicant complains of receiving threat|last=Bindra|first=Jasneet|date=9 September 2010|work=The Indian Express|accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Munikrishna

|Karnataka

|27 Oct 2009

|Assault{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_rti-activist-attacked-over-legal-dispute_1304468|title=Munikrishna|date=29 October 2009|publisher=DNA India|accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Ajay Kumar

|Delhi

|1 Jan 2010

|Assault{{cite web|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-South-Central/2010/0310/In-India-deadly-backlash-against-freedom-of-information-activists|title=Ajay Kumar|date=10 March 2010|work=The Christian Science Monitor|accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|Used RTI to enquire about private house/shop construction on public land under authorization given by a Delhi politician.

Kiran Pandey

|Punjab

|1 Oct 2010

|Assault{{cite web|url=http://www.tehelka.com/story_main47.asp?filename=Ne091010Dead_Right.asp|title=Kiran Pandey|publisher=Tehelka.com|accessdate=30 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101219085826/http://www.tehelka.com/story_main47.asp?filename=Ne091010Dead_Right.asp|archive-date=19 December 2010|url-status=dead}}

|

Sumaira Abdulali

|Maharashtra

|16 Mar 2010

|Assault (in 2003 at Kihim Beach and 2010 at Mahad){{Cite web |url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=VE9JTS8yMDEwLzAzLzE3I0FyMDAxMDc=&Mode=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom |title=Sand mafia attacks TOI team in Raigad |access-date=17 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510123321/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=VE9JTS8yMDEwLzAzLzE3I0FyMDAxMDc=&Mode=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom |archive-date=10 May 2017 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web | url=http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl2718/stories/20100910271802500.htm | title=Revenge attacks}}[https://www.filertionline.in File RTI Online]

|

RAJEEV SARKAR alias RAJIB SARKAR

|WEST BENGAL

|20 July 2015

|Assault (in 2015 at Baguati and 2016 at Baguiati and arrest by false case 2017){{Cite web |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/story/20160815-kolkata-dance-bars-nightspots-trafficking-829345-2016-08-03|title=Sand mafia attacks TOI team in Raigad |access-date=17 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510000000/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/story/20160815-kolkata-dance-bars-nightspots-trafficking-829345-2016-08-03|archive-date=10 May 2017 |url-status=dead }} [https://satyamevajayate.co/ Alt URL]{{Cite web |title=দুষ্কর্মের বিরুদ্ধে দাঁড়িয়ে প্রহৃত |url=https://www.anandabazar.com/west-bengal/kolkata/baguihati-socialite-rajib-sarkar-brutally-beaten-by-miscreants-1.180144 |website=anandabazar.com}}[https://satyamevajayate.co/]

|

Abhay Patil

|Maharashtra

|4 Jan 2010

|Assault{{cite web|url=http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl2718/stories/20100910271800400.htm|title=Abhay Patil|publisher=Frontlineonnet.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008000609/http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl2718/stories/20100910271800400.htm|archivedate=8 October 2011|url-status=dead|accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Ashok Kumar Shinde

|Maharashtra

|17 Jul 2010

|Assault{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/rti-activist-seeks-details-attcaked/126904-3.html?from=rhs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100719000648/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/rti-activist-seeks-details-attcaked/126904-3.html?from=rhs|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 July 2010|title=Ashok Kumar Shinde|publisher=Ibnlive.in.com|accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Budhai Kumar

|Uttar Pradesh

|8 Sept 2010

|Assault{{cite web|url=http://www.governancenow.com/gov-next/rti/rti-applicant-attacked|title=RTI applicant attacked in UP|date=10 August 2010|publisher=GovernanceNow.com|accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

S Channabasappa Patil

|Karnataka

|9/16/10

|Assault{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/100502/|title=Gang attack fails to deter bold RTI activist|first=G|last=Manjusainath|date=28 September 2010|work=Deccan Herald|location=Bangalore|accessdate=30 March 2012|agency=DHNS}}

|

Yashwant Gavand

|Maharashtra

|1 February 2011

|Assault{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-03/mumbai/28353377_1_rti-activist-bhandup-corporator|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120716030734/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-03/mumbai/28353377_1_rti-activist-bhandup-corporator|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 July 2012|title=RTI activist assaulted in Bhandup|date=3 January 2011|work=The Times of India|accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Arun Baburao Mane

|Maharashtra

|1 February 2011

|Assault{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2011/01/05/stories/2011010564381700.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110110020753/http://www.hindu.com/2011/01/05/stories/2011010564381700.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 January 2011|title=National : Scared Pune RTI activist takes back complaint|date=5 January 2011|accessdate=30 March 2012|work=The Hindu|location=Chennai, India}}

|

Salman Reddy

|Orissa

|1/17/11

|Assault{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-20/bhubaneswar/28377064_1_rti-applicant-police-station-rayagada|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120721170936/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-20/bhubaneswar/28377064_1_rti-applicant-police-station-rayagada|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 July 2012|title=Goons beat up RTI applicant in Rayagada|date=20 January 2011|work=The Times of India|accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Safdar Ali

|Jammu and Kashmir

|1/20/11

|Assault{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-27/delhi/28360114_1_rti-activist-rti-applications-faridabad|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120717120047/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-27/delhi/28360114_1_rti-activist-rti-applications-faridabad|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 July 2012|title=RTI activist Gera getting threat calls|author=Dipak Kumar Dash, TNN|date=27 January 2011|work=The Times of India|accessdate=18 July 2013}}

|

Vikrant Karnik

|Maharashtra

|1/25/11

|Assault{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-26/mumbai/28374343_1_rti-activist-sena-leader-shiv-sena|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110907193459/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-26/mumbai/28374343_1_rti-activist-sena-leader-shiv-sena|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 September 2011|title=RTI activist attacked; suspicion on builder|date=26 January 2011|work=The Times of India|accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Amar Pandey

|Uttar Pradesh

|1/27/11

|Assault{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/news/rti-activist-attacked-news-national-lb1x4fjabcf.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130205753/http://www.sify.com/news/rti-activist-attacked-news-national-lb1x4fjabcf.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 January 2018|title=RTI activist attacked|date=27 January 2011|website=Sify|accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Gopal Prasad, Anil Mittal, Nanda Sawant

|Delhi

|2 March 2011

|Assault{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/3-RTI-activists-roughed-up/Article1-658294.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110207021651/http://www.hindustantimes.com/3-RTI-activists-roughed-up/Article1-658294.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 February 2011|title=3 RTI activists roughed up|date=4 February 2011|work=Hindustan Times|accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Mangala Ram

|Rajasthan

|3 March 2011

|Assault{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/other-states/article1520955.ece?homepage=true|title=States / Other States : Dalit activist leaves hospital alleging negligence by doctors|first=Mohammed|last=Iqbal|date=9 March 2011|accessdate=30 March 2012|work=The Hindu|location=Chennai, India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110313025545/http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/other-states/article1520955.ece?homepage=true|archive-date=13 March 2011|url-status=dead}}

|

Bharat Guggul, Bhanji Jogen

|Gujarat

|3 May 2011

|Assault{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-05/surat/28658920_1_villagers-rti-application-housing-scam|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404211720/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-05/surat/28658920_1_villagers-rti-application-housing-scam|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 April 2012|title=Villagers thrashed for using RTI|date=5 March 2011|work=The Times of India|accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Vishnu Medhkar

|Maharashtra

|4 February 2011

|Assault

|

Dilip Jaiswal

|Maharashtra

|4 May 2011

|Assault{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-07/nagpur/29391866_1_rti-activist-rto-officials-rto-sahebrao-badhiye|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120719014746/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-07/nagpur/29391866_1_rti-activist-rto-officials-rto-sahebrao-badhiye|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 July 2012|title=No action against RTO staffers who beat up RTI activist|date=7 April 2011|work=The Times of India|accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Arvind Kaushal

|Maharashtra

|4 August 2011

|Assault{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/rti-applicant-on-kharadi-construction-attacked/774105/0|title=RTI applicant on Kharadi construction attacked|date=10 April 2011|work=The Indian Express|accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Popat Barge

|Maharashtra

|4/17/11

|Assault{{cite web|url=http://www.punemirror.in/article/2/201104192011041901024324444775681/Hazare%E2%80%99s-antigraft-crusader-seriously-hurt-in-Satara-attack.html|title=Hazare's anti-graft crusader seriously hurt in Satara attack|date=19 April 2011|work=Pune Mirror|accessdate=30 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110421081626/http://www.punemirror.in/article/2/201104192011041901024324444775681/Hazare%E2%80%99s-antigraft-crusader-seriously-hurt-in-Satara-attack.html|archive-date=21 April 2011|url-status=dead}}

|

Jai Bhagwan and Karambir

|Haryana

|5/21/11

|Assault{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/rti-applicants-shot-at-in-sonepat/153154-3.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523081717/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/rti-applicants-shot-at-in-sonepat/153154-3.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 May 2011|title=RTI applicants shot at in Sonepat|first=Jyoti|last=Kamal|date=22 May 2011|publisher=CNN-IBN|accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Ismail Patwari

|Maharashtra

|5/27/11

|Assault{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/RTI-activist-attacked/Article1-704300.aspx|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125163123/http://www.hindustantimes.com/RTI-activist-attacked/Article1-704300.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 January 2013|title=RTI activist attacked|date=1 June 2011|work=Hindustan Times|accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

C.P. Singh

|Maharashtra

|6/22/11

|Assault{{cite web|url=http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=local&newsid=246722|title=Serving Mangaloreans Around The World!|publisher=Mangalorean.Com|accessdate=30 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203045413/http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=local&newsid=246722|archive-date=3 February 2016|url-status=dead}}

|

Baghu Dewani

|Gujarat

|6/24/11

|Assault{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/rti-activist-attacked-in-porbander/162353-3.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110627130011/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/rti-activist-attacked-in-porbander/162353-3.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 June 2011|title=Baghu Dewani|publisher=Ibnlive.in.com|accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Ganasham Kunkolkar

|Goa

|7/22/11

|Assault{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-10-19/goa/30297089_1_garages-cars-fire-brigade|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126075253/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-10-19/goa/30297089_1_garages-cars-fire-brigade|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 January 2013|title=Goa RTI activists too face brunt|date=19 October 2011|work=The Times of India|accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Jaisukh Bambhania

|Daman and Diu

|8 August 2011

|Assault{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/rti-activist-attacked;-politicians-officials-on-run/836043/0|title=RTI activist attacked; politicians, officials on run|work=The Indian Express|date=24 August 2011|accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Sanjit Das

|Meghalaya

|8/14/11

|Assault{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/in-ne-rti-activists-at-the-receiving-end/839410/0|title=In N-E, RTI activists at the receiving end|date=31 August 2011|work=The Indian Express|accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Ajay Ambalia

|Gujarat

|8/31/11

|Assault{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/another-rti-activist-assaulted-now-by-jetpur-nagarpalika-chief/840534/0|title=Another RTI activist assaulted, now by Jetpur Nagarpalika chief|date=2 September 2011|work=The Indian Express|accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Parshuram Kishanlal Mali

|Gujarat

|9 July 2011

|Assault{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-08/rajkot/30129881_1_rti-applicant-rti-act-indian-railways|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708210623/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-08/rajkot/30129881_1_rti-applicant-rti-act-indian-railways|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 July 2012|title=Another RTI applicant attacked in city|date=8 September 2011|work=The Times of India|accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Manisha Goswami

|Gujarat

|9/21/11

|Assault{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/comment_rti-activists-have-always-been-targetted-in-gujarat_1608315|title=RTI activists have always been targetted in Gujarat|date=6 November 2011|publisher=DNA India|accessdate=30 March 2012|archive-date=22 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120122205301/http://www.dnaindia.com/india/comment_rti-activists-have-always-been-targetted-in-gujarat_1608315|url-status=dead}}

|

Mehul Kataria

|Maharashtra

|10 July 2011

|Assault{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-10-09/india/30260092_1_rti-activist-cricket-bookies-police-protection|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120909100931/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-10-09/india/30260092_1_rti-activist-cricket-bookies-police-protection|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 September 2012|title=RTI activist in Mumbai attacked|date=9 October 2011|work=The Times of India|accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Santosh M Tiwari

|Maharashtra, Gujarat

|10/16/11

|Assault{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Mumbai-RTI-activist-left-in-Surat-after-abduction-and-assault/Article1-757969.aspx|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120903132644/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Mumbai-RTI-activist-left-in-Surat-after-abduction-and-assault/Article1-757969.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 September 2012|title=Mumbai RTI activist left in Surat after abduction and assault|date=16 October 2011|work=Hindustan Times|accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Poonam Solanki

|Gujarat

|12 February 2011

|Assault{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-03/ahmedabad/30471505_1_rti-activist-coma-sarpanch|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707174855/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-03/ahmedabad/30471505_1_rti-activist-coma-sarpanch|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 July 2012|title=RTI activist beaten into coma by village head|date=3 December 2011|work=The Times of India|accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Akhilesh Saxena

|Uttar Pradesh

|2008

|Assault

|

Parameswar Sabar

|Orissa

|June 2011

|Assault{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-21/bhubaneswar/29690252_1_bpl-list-rti-application-rti-act|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120718061152/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-21/bhubaneswar/29690252_1_bpl-list-rti-application-rti-act|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 July 2012|title=Activist threatened for using RTI Ashok|date=21 June 2011|work=The Times of India|accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Niren Pareek, Christopher Minz

|Assam

|May 2007

|Assault{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/assam-rti-applicant-alleges-assault/128135/0|title=Assam: RTI applicant alleges assault|author=Samudra Gupta Kashyap|date=22 June 2007|accessdate=18 July 2013|work=The Indian Express|location=Guwahati}}

|

Tapal Ganesh

|Karnataka

|Unknown

|Assault{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/men-who-fought-reddy-brothers-attacked-18669|title=Tapal Ganesh|date=29 March 2010|publisher=Ndtv|accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Purshottam Chauhan

|Gujarat

|Unknown

|Assault{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Man-thrashed-for-seeking-info-under-RTI/articleshow/4738846.cms|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714143106/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-07-05/ahmedabad/28180103_1_rti-applicant-surendranagar-village-sarpanch|url-status=live|archive-date=14 July 2012|title=Man thrashed for seeking info under RTI|date=5 July 2009|work=The Times of India|access-date=30 March 2012}}

|

Narayan Hareka

|Orissa

|Unknown

|Assault{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/attacking-the-right-to-ask/322527/0|title=Narayan Hareka|date=14 June 2008|work=The Indian Express|accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Akhil Gogoi

|Assam

|Unknown

|Assault

|

Sumit Kumar Mahato

|Jharkhand

|Unknown

|Assault

|

Ms. Poonam Solanki

|Gujarat

|12 July 2011

|Assault{{cite web|url=http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2011/December/international_December191.xml§ion=international|title=RTI activist attacked in Gujarat|date=7 December 2011|work=Khaleej Times|accessdate=30 March 2012|archive-date=1 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201124133/http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2011/December/international_December191.xml§ion=international|url-status=dead}}

|Human Rights Activist

Dudhram

|Rajasthan, Jaipur

|2 February 2012

|Assault{{cite web|url=http://newindianexpress.com/nation/article317504.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203045414/http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/article317504.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 February 2016|title=RTI activist attacked in Rajasthan|date=9 February 2012|work=The New Indian Express|accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Akhil Gogoi

|Assam, Nalbari

|5 July 2012

|Assault{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Assam/Akhil-Gogoi-attacked-by-suspected-Youth-Cong-activists-critical/Article1-884584.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120707214116/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Assam/Akhil-Gogoi-attacked-by-suspected-Youth-Cong-activists-critical/Article1-884584.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 July 2012|title=RTI activist Akhil Gogoi attacked, 1 held|work=Hindustan Times|accessdate=1 July 2013}}

|

Rajesh suresh Bobade

|Maharashtra

|21 September 2012

|Assault

|

L.K.Thapliyal

|Uttarakhand

|25 July 2013

|Assault

|Beaten up by a group of men including a ranger, Devendra Baurai from the Chilawali range of Rajaji National Park. Mr L.K. Thapliyal had filed a RTI against Rajaji National Park.

Anand Kumar Sharma

|Odisha

|11 Feb 2018

|Assault, Illegal detention by police and illegal custody by SDJM

|Beaten up in police station with grievous injury as he exposed the corruption in Police Department.{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}}

Nilofar

|Uttar Pradesh

|26 October 2018

|Assault{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/oct/27/uttar-pradesh-rti-activist-beaten-up-for-levelling-corruption-charges-against-gram-pradhan-1890707.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190614100827/http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/oct/27/uttar-pradesh-rti-activist-beaten-up-for-levelling-corruption-charges-against-gram-pradhan-1890707.html|url-status=live|archive-date=2019-06-14|title=Uttar Pradesh: RTI activist beaten up for leveling corruption charges against gram pradhan |date=2019-06-14|access-date=2019-06-14}}

|Exposed corruption against gram pradhan.

Krishanpal

|Uttar pradesh

|15 May 2019

|Assault{{Cite web|url=https://www.businesstoday.in/pti-feed/rti-activist-shot-at-in-muzaffarnagar/story/346679.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190614094637/https://www.businesstoday.in/pti-feed/rti-activist-shot-at-in-muzaffarnagar/story/346679.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2019-06-14|title=RTI activist shot at in Muzaffarnagar- Business News|date=2019-06-14|access-date=2019-06-14}}

|Exposed illegal possession in government land.{{Cite web|url=http://attacksonrtiusers.org/PDFFiles/RTI%20activist%20shot%20at%20in%20Muzaffarnagar-%20Business%20News_22052019094826.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190614095013/http://attacksonrtiusers.org/PDFFiles/RTI%20activist%20shot%20at%20in%20Muzaffarnagar-%20Business%20News_22052019094826.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2019-06-14|date=2019-06-14|access-date=2019-06-14}}

= Harassment =

class="wikitable sortable"
Name

!State

!Date

!Attack type

! class="unsortable" |Nature of Activism

Srikant Pakal

|Odisha

|Feb 2020

|Harassment

|Harassment for filing case in Lokayukt seeking probe against Bishnupada Sethi IAS and alleged that the officer spent Rs 9.46 lakh towards the hospitalisation of his wife and father from the funds of Odisha State Cooperative Bank, in violation of the existing norms during his stint as secretary of cooperation department.{{Cite web|date=2020-02-15|title=Odisha whistleblower alleges threat from IAS officer accused of irregularities|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/odisha-whistleblower-alleges-threat-from-ias-officer-accused-of-irregularities/story-1usVSBtHEq2usdBuNwCt5O.html|access-date=2020-12-08|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}

Bibhav Kumar, Rajeev Kumar

|Uttar Pradesh

|1/26/07

|Harassment[http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=219469 Bibhav Kumar, Rajeev Kumar]{{dead link|date=February 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|

Tukaram Bansode

|Maharashtra

|12/31/07

|Harassment{{cite news|first=Nisha|last=Nambiar|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/activist-seeking-info-under-rti-jailed-on-new-years-eve-fined/256952/0|title=Activist seeking info under RTI jailed on New Year's eve, fined|location=pune|work=The Indian Express|date=2 January 2008|accessdate=18 July 2013}}

|

V Gopalakrishnan

|Tamil Nadu

|3/13/09

|Harassment{{cite news|author=Jeeva, TNN|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-02-20/chennai/28126689_1_rti-applicant-collectorate-public-information-officer|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103235903/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-02-20/chennai/28126689_1_rti-applicant-collectorate-public-information-officer|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 November 2013|title=Info panel orders probe into threat to RTI applicant|date=20 February 2010|work=The Times of India|accessdate=18 July 2013}}

|

Srikant Prabhu

|Maharashtra

|5 January 2009

|Harassment

|

Kishori Ram

|Bihar

|7/21/09

|Harassment

|

Goverdhan Singh

|Rajasthan

|3 January 2010

|Harassment

|

Mohit Sharma

|Delhi

|3 December 2010

|Harassment{{cite web|url=http://sify.com/news/mcd-engineers-threatened-to-kill-me-alleges-rti-applicant-news-national-kdpvucibcdb.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130202082841/http://sify.com/news/mcd-engineers-threatened-to-kill-me-alleges-rti-applicant-news-national-kdpvucibcdb.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 February 2013 |title=MCD engineers threatened to kill me, alleges RTI applicant |website=Sify |date=15 March 2010 |accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Jay Kumar Raghuvanshi

|Maharashtra

|3/13/10

|Harassment{{cite web|author=Akela |url=http://www.mid-day.com/news/2011/may/010511-police-complaint-RTI-activist-HSCB-BHC-Vitthalwadi.htm |title=Police took a year to protect this RTI activist's life |publisher=Mid-Day |date=1 May 2011 |accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Davinder Khurana

|Punjab

|4 February 2010

|Harassment

|

Ramesh Agrawal

|Chhattisgarh

|6/23/10

|Harassment

|

Ganesh Borhade

|Maharashtra

|7 July 2010

|Harassment{{cite news|first=Nisha|last=Nambiar|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/city-activist-forwards-bhorade-appeal-for-protection-to-state-home-dept/646263/0|title=City activist forwards Bhorade appeal for protection to state home dept|location=Pune|work=The Indian Express|date=14 July 2010|accessdate=18 July 2013}}

|

Manish Bhatnagar

|Maharashtra

|7/18/10

| Harassment{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/activist-seeks-info-from-cbi-gets-threats-instead/126959-3.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100721143150/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/activist-seeks-info-from-cbi-gets-threats-instead/126959-3.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 July 2010 |title=Activist seeks info from CBI, gets threats instead |publisher=CNN-IBN |accessdate=30 March 2012}} |

Harshad Patil

|Maharashtra

|8/13/10

|Harassment{{cite web|last=Chaubey |first=Vedika |url=http://www.mid-day.com/news/2010/aug/230810-peon-hospitalised-harassed-school-low-salary.htm |title=Harassed by school, peon lands in hospital|work=Mid-Day |date=23 August 2010 |accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Gopalkrishnan, Siva Elango, Madhav Vishnubhatta

|Tamil Nadu

|9 January 2010

|Harassment{{cite web|url=http://www.indiatogether.org/2010/sep/rti-tnsic.htm |title=Gopalkrishnan, Siva Elango, Madhav Vishnubhatta |date=September 2010 |publisher=Indiatogether.org |accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Fatima Mynsong, Acquiline Songthiang, Matilda Suting

|Meghalaya

|9 January 2010

|Harassment{{cite news |url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/whistleblowers-face-persecution-in-meghalaya/406679/ |title=Whistleblowers face persecution in Meghalaya |newspaper=Business Standard India |date=2 September 2010 |accessdate=30 March 2012|last1=Dey |first1=Supratim }}

|

Abhijit Ghosh

|Maharashtra

|9 January 2010

|Harassment{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-10-10/india/28270141_1_abhijit-ghosh-cvc-daruwalla |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715082830/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-10-10/india/28270141_1_abhijit-ghosh-cvc-daruwalla |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 July 2012 |title=Harassed whistleblower forced to give up fight, buy peace with bank |date= 10 October 2010|work=The Times of India |accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Ratna Ala

|Gujarat

|9/29/10

|Harassment{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-10-07/india/28265439_1_rti-activist-rti-pleas-ratna-ala |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715131240/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-10-07/india/28265439_1_rti-activist-rti-pleas-ratna-ala |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 July 2012 |title=Blind RTI crusader gets death threats |date=7 October 2010 |work=The Times of India |accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Bobby Basaiawmoit

|Meghalaya

|2 January 2011

|Harassment{{cite web |url=http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?710573 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714094028/http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?710573 |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 July 2012 |title=RTI Activist Threatened in Meghalaya |work=Outlook |date=1 February 2011 |accessdate=30 March 2012 }}

|

Mary Anne Pohshna

|Meghalaya

|3 September 2011

|Harassment{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Meghalaya-RTI-activist-s-arrest-flayed/Article1-672699.aspx |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125184848/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Meghalaya-RTI-activist-s-arrest-flayed/Article1-672699.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 January 2013 |title=Meghalaya RTI activist's arrest flayed |work=Hindustan Times |date=12 March 2011 |accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Sanjay Gurav

|Maharashtra

|3/22/11

|Harassment{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/cities/mumbai-rti-activist-receives-death-threats-94272 |title=Mumbai: RTI activist receives death threats |publisher=NDTV |date=26 March 2011 |accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

M Z Ali

|Karnataka

|5 October 2011

|Harassment{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_bangalore-corporator-threatens-rti-activist-over-land-dispute_1541465 |title=Bangalore corporator threatens RTI activist over land dispute|publisher=DNA India |date=10 May 2011 |accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Ketan Shah

|Gujarat

|5 December 2011

|Harassment{{cite web|agency=Press Trust of India|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/sarabhai-demands-action-against-those-threatening-rti-activist/680731.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140312000731/http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/sarabhai-demands-action-against-those-threatening-rti-activist/680731.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 March 2014 |title=Sarabhai demands action against those threatening RTI activist |publisher=CNN-IBN |date=12 May 2011 |accessdate=30 March 2012}}{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/surat/Cops-take-RTI-activist-on-fast-to-hospital/articleshow/8349616.cms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130920073458/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-15/surat/29545696_1_rti-activist-valsad-hunger-strike|url-status=live|archive-date=20 September 2013|title=Cops take RTI activist on fast to hospital|date=15 May 2011|work=The Times of India|access-date=18 July 2013}}

|

Ravinder Rathi

|Haryana

|6 February 2011

|Harassment{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-03/india/29616820_1_rti-activist-vice-chief-information |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707120130/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-03/india/29616820_1_rti-activist-vice-chief-information |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 July 2012 |title=Municipal Council vice-chief threatened me: RTI activist |date=3 June 2011 |work=The Times of India |accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Payi Gyadi

|Arunachal Pradesh

|6 May 2011

|Harassment{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/arunachal-minister-involved-in-govt-job-scam/169263-37-64.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812011534/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/arunachal-minister-involved-in-govt-job-scam/169263-37-64.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 August 2011 |title=Arunachal minister involved in govt job scam|publisher=CNN-IBN |date=22 July 2011 |accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Brijesh Kumar

|Delhi

|8 February 2011

|Harassment{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/story/abusive-reply-to-rti-query-by-mcd/1/147604.html |title=MCD sends abusive reply to RTI application |work=India Today |date=10 August 2011 |accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Ashok Paswan

|Bihar

|8/19/11

|Harassment{{cite news|author=Ramashankar|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110821/jsp/bihar/story_14402774.jsp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203045412/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110821/jsp/bihar/story_14402774.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 February 2016 |title=State RTI activist claims threat to life |newspaper=The Telegraph|location=Kolkota |date=21 August 2011 |accessdate=30 March 2012 }}

|

Arvind Sharma

|Punjab

|9 May 2011

|Harassment{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-06/ludhiana/30118011_1_activist-glada-threat |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419063240/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-06/ludhiana/30118011_1_activist-glada-threat |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 April 2012 |title=Activist receives 'threat call' |date=6 September 2011 |work=The Times of India |accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Derrick Dias

|Goa

|9 November 2011

|Harassment

|

Subhash Aggarwal

|Delhi

|10 July 2011

|Harassment{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/article2520284.ece |title=Cities / Delhi : Doordarshan reporter threatened, manhandled |work=The Hindu |date=8 October 2011 |accessdate=30 March 2012 |location=Chennai, India}}

|

Sheeba Fehmi and Arshad Ali Fehmi

|Delhi

|10 August 2011

|Harassment{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/rti-activist-attacked-by-mob-in-jama-masjid-area/857856/ |title=RTI activist attacked by mob in Jama Masjid area |work=The Indian Express |date=10 October 2011 |accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Sanjay Gurav

|Maharashtra

|11/28/11

|Harassment{{cite web|author=Akela|url=http://www.mid-day.com/news/2011/dec/011211-Hawkers-threaten-RTI-activist-over-complaint.htm |title=Hawkers threaten RTI activist over complaint |work=Mid-Day |date=1 December 2011 |accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Anupam Saraf, Vaibhav Gandhi and Dinesh Shah

|Maharashtra

|12/13/11

|Harassment{{cite web|last=Deshpande |first=Priyankka |url=http://www.mid-day.com/news/2011/dec/141211-pune-Voter-registration-officer-tries-to-shoo-RTI-activists-away-with-FIR-threat.htm |title=Voter registration officer tries to shoo RTI activists away with 'FIR threat' |work=Mid-Day |date=14 December 2011 |accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

R. Marijoseph

|Karnataka

|12/30/11

|Harassment{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/article2765367.ece |title=RTI activist claims threat to life from official |work=The Hindu |date=1 January 2012 |accessdate=30 March 2012 |location=Chennai, India}}

|

Kishan Lal Gera

|Haryana

|Since 2008

|Harassment{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-27/delhi/28360114_1_rti-activist-rti-applications-faridabad |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120717120047/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-27/delhi/28360114_1_rti-activist-rti-applications-faridabad |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 July 2012 |title=RTI activist Gera getting threat calls |date= 27 January 2011|work=The Times of India |accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

R V Prasanna

|Karnataka

|Since 2009

|Harassment{{cite web|url=http://www.bangaloremirror.com/index.aspx?page=article§id=10&contentid=2012011720120117045336357bf5bee79 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119063721/http://www.bangaloremirror.com/index.aspx?page=article§id=10&contentid=2012011720120117045336357bf5bee79 |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 January 2012 |title=Paying the price for seeking info? |work=Bangalore Mirror |date=17 January 2012 |accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Shiv Prakash Rai

|Bihar

|May 2008

|Harassment

|

Takhellambam Ibempishak, Sagolsem Memcha and Konjengbam Anita

|Manipur

|Since Apr 2011

|Harassment[http://www.fidh.org/Death-threats-against-four Takhellambam Ibempishak, sagolsem Memcha and Konjengbam Anita International Federation for Human Rights] Retrieved 17 March 2012.

|

Pawan Sharma

|Uttar Pradesh

|Since 11 April 2011

|Harassment{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/story/rti-activist-jailed-in-ghaziabad/1/146889.html |title=RTI activist jailed in Ghaziabad |work=India Today |date=3 August 2011 |accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Emmanuel

|Andhra Pradesh

|February and March 2011

|Harassment{{cite web|author=DC Hyderabad |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/hyderabad/rti-activist-seeks-refuge-cop%E2%80%99s-false-charges-774 |title=RTI activist seeks refuge from cop's false charges |work=Deccan Chronicle|date=9 March 2011 |accessdate=30 March 2012 }}{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|

Jagbir Singh

|Delhi

|Since February 2011

|Harassment{{cite web|last=Anand |first=Abhishek |url=http://www.mid-day.com/news/2011/mar/220311-news-delhi-RTI-unauthorised-encroachment-Yamuna-river-bed.htm |title=Cops threatened me for RTI plea |work=Mid-Day |date=22 March 2011 |accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Biren Luwang

|Manipur

|Since April 2011

|Harassment{{cite web|agency=Press Trust of India|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/rti-applicant-threatened-ostracised-by-local-residents/801960.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709122125/http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/rti-applicant-threatened-ostracised-by-local-residents/801960.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 July 2012 |title=RTI applicant threatened, ostracised by local residents|publisher=CNN-IBN |date=26 August 2011 |accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Injambakkam H Sekar

|Tamil Nadu

|Since August 2011

|Harassment{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/activist-receives-threat-calls-seeks-protection/217857-60-120.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708204402/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/activist-receives-threat-calls-seeks-protection/217857-60-120.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 July 2012 |title=Activist receives threat calls, seeks protection |publisher=CNN-IBN |accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Khirasindhu Sagria

|Orrisa

|Since November 2011

|Harassment{{cite web|url=http://www.moneylife.in/article/well-done-sagriamdashthe-ghost-farm-pond-whistleblower-of-odisha/22328.html |title=Well done Sagria—the ghost farm pond whistleblower of Odisha |publisher=Moneylife |date=21 December 2011 |accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Muzibur Rehman

|Unknown

|2007

|Harassment{{cite web|url=http://www.livemint.com/2007/10/22234344/RTI-whistleblower-says-he-is.html |title=RTI whistle-blower says he is being threatened |work=Mint |date=22 October 2007 |accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Saleem Baig

|Uttar Pradesh

|2007

|Harassment

|

Asith Sangma

|Meghalaya

|2008

|Harassment

|

Ashok Verma

|Punjab

|2009

|Harassment{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/applicant-complains-of-receiving-threat/679649/0 |title=Applicant complains of receiving threat |work=The Indian Express |date=9 September 2010 |accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Kheemaram

|Rajasthan

|2010

|Harassment{{cite web|first=Pallavi |last=Polanki |url=http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/nation/the-man-who-dares-to-bare |title=The Man Who Dares to Bare |publisher=OPEN |date= 16 October 2010|accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Shivaji Raut

|Maharashtra

|June 2011

|Harassment{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_probe-into-threats-to-maharashtra-rti-activist_1552867 |title=Probe into threats to Maharashtra RTI activist |publisher=DNA India |date=9 June 2011 |accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Ajay Gakhar

|Delhi

|July 2011

|Harassment{{cite web |url=http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?727537 |title=RTI Activist Threatened; CIC Orders Security |work=Outlook |accessdate=30 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715222858/http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?727537 |archive-date=15 July 2011 |url-status=dead}}

|

All Gujarat RTI users

|Gujarat

|July 2011

|Harassment{{cite web |url=http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/article/3/20110722201107220244504382c648219/Gujarat-govt-to-put-RTI-activists-under-scanner-.html |title=Gujarat govt to put RTI activists under scanner |work=Ahmedabad Mirror |date=22 July 2011 |accessdate=30 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328094225/http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/article/3/20110722201107220244504382c648219/Gujarat-govt-to-put-RTI-activists-under-scanner-.html |archive-date=28 March 2014 |url-status=dead}}

|

Ankur Patil

|Maharashtra

|September 2011

|Harassment{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_rti-activist-gets-threat-from-mulund-inspector_1583358 |title=RTI activist gets threat from Mulund inspector|publisher=DNA India |date= 5 September 2011|accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Gunjan Mehta

|Gujarat

|December 2011

|Harassment{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-23/ahmedabad/30550614_1_city-police-rti-application-anandnagar |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120701172703/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-23/ahmedabad/30550614_1_city-police-rti-application-anandnagar |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 July 2012 |title=Woman alleges harassment by police over RTI |date=23 December 2011 |work=The Times of India |accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Durga

|Delhi

|2011

|Harassment{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/177777/cic-issues-stern-warning-against.html |title=CIC issues stern warning against threatening RTI applicants |work=Deccan Herald |date=20 July 2011 |accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

C J Karira

|Andhra Pradesh

|2011

|Harassment{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-07-27/hyderabad/29820079_1_cic-central-information-commission-rti-application |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120720164550/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-07-27/hyderabad/29820079_1_cic-central-information-commission-rti-application |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 July 2012 |title=CIC issues show cause notice to RPO official |date=27 July 2011 |work=The Times of India |accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Nelapati Papireddy, Pachalla Suryanarayana Reddy and Kovuru Satyanarayana Reddy

|Andhra Pradesh

|2011

|Harassment{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-11/hyderabad/29876021_1_village-elders-tehsildar-irregularities |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715022449/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-11/hyderabad/29876021_1_village-elders-tehsildar-irregularities |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 July 2012 |title=3 youths ostracised for RTI expose |date=11 August 2011 |work=The Times of India |accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Mohinder Kumar

|Punjab

|Unknown

|Harassment{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Another-RTI-activist-alleges-threat/683630/ |title=Another RTI activist alleges threat |work=The Indian Express |date=18 September 2010 |accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Anwar Shaikh

|Maharashtra

|Unknown

|Harassment{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/rti-activist-gets-threats-over-mumbai-land-scam/131529-3.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100926155949/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/rti-activist-gets-threats-over-mumbai-land-scam/131529-3.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 September 2010 |title=RTI activist gets threats over Mumbai land scam|publisher=CNN-IBN |date= 23 September 2010|accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Y. Ekyimo Kikon

|Nagaland

|Unknown

|Harassment{{cite news |author= |date=13 June 2009 |title=Security for information seeker |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090613/jsp/northeast/story_11101347.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203045413/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090613/jsp/northeast/story_11101347.jsp |archive-date=3 February 2016 |accessdate=30 March 2012 |newspaper=The Telegraph |location=Calcutta, India}}

|

Ashok Rathod

|Gujarat

|Unknown

|Harassment{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_school-bullies-father-after-rti-plea_1275291 |title=School bullies father after RTI plea |publisher=DNA India |date=19 July 2009 |accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Bharat H Gajjar, Milan Joshi

|Gujarat

|Unknown

|Harassment{{cite web |author=Sibte Husain Bukhari |url=http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/latest-news/info-on-schools-under-rti-invites-threat-calls/284602/ |title=Info on schools under RTI invites threat calls |work=The Indian Express |date=15 March 2008 |accessdate=30 March 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130718121815/http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/latest-news/info-on-schools-under-rti-invites-threat-calls/284602/ |archive-date=18 July 2013 |url-status=dead}}

|

Rolly Shivhare

|Madhya Pradesh

|Unknown

|Harassment

|

Jai Prakash Arya

|Delhi

|Unknown

|Harassment{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/national/11-arrested-year-harassing-rti-activists-479 |title=National News India, Latest Indian News |work=Deccan Chronicle|accessdate=30 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110126000939/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/national/11-arrested-year-harassing-rti-activists-479 |archivedate=26 January 2011 }}

|

Gian Singh

|Delhi

|Unknown

|Harassment

|

Ram Sagar

|Delhi

|Unknown

|Harassment{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/enquire-death-threats-to-whistleblower-cic-to-police-chief/746539/0 |title=Enquire death threats to 'whistleblower': CIC to police chief |work=The Indian Express |date=5 February 2011 |accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Sumankant Raichaudhari

|Bihar

|Unknown

|Harassment{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hK-CWZVhWuG1iG-Y3lvwMk08E7Mg?docId=CNG.d82ee9d9f26a247464cd108ddda0b700.31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110311141821/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hK-CWZVhWuG1iG-Y3lvwMk08E7Mg?docId=CNG.d82ee9d9f26a247464cd108ddda0b700.31 |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 March 2011 |title=AFP: Dangerous to know: India's Right to Information Act |date=2 March 2011 |accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Piyusha Tiwari

|Rajasthan

|Unknown

|Harassment{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-04/jaipur/28659030_1_rti-application-state-information-commission-ngo |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709235855/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-04/jaipur/28659030_1_rti-application-state-information-commission-ngo |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 July 2012 |title=Query proves costly for couple, set to leave Raj |date= 4 March 2011|work=The Times of India |accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Rayabhai Zapadiya

|Gujarat

|Unknown

|Harassment{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-05/rajkot/28659293_1_rti-applicants-public-information-officer-rti-act |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405012510/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-05/rajkot/28659293_1_rti-applicants-public-information-officer-rti-act |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 April 2012 |title=Officials ignore info panel, upset RTI activists |date=5 March 2011 |work=The Times of India |accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Razuddin

|Haryana

|Unknown

|Harassment{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Mystery-clouds-death-of-journalist/articleshow/10240058.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418073323/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-10-05/delhi/30246499_1_illegal-mining-mewat-stone-crushers |url-status=live |archive-date=18 April 2012 |title=Mystery clouds death of journalist |date=5 October 2011 |work=The Times of India |access-date=30 March 2012}}

|

Rukhminibhai

|Andhra Pradesh

|Unknown

|Harassment{{cite web|url=http://www.timesnow.tv/Teacher-fired-after-son-filed-RTI/articleshow/4394177.cms |title=Teacher fired after son filed RTI|magazine=Times Now |date=21 January 2012 |accessdate=30 March 2012}}

|

Roshan Lobo

|Karnataka

|Unknown

|Harassment{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/article2600579.ece |title=Cities / Mangalore : RTI activist alleges harassment by panchayat members, officials |work=The Hindu |date=5 November 2011 |accessdate=30 March 2012 |location=Chennai, India}}

|

Bhadresh Wamja

|Gujarat

|Unknown

|Harassment

|

Bhanjibhai Jogel and Bharatbhai Ghughal

|Gujarat

|Unknown

|Harassment

|

Sudhir Yadav

| Haryana, Gurgaon

|6 October 2013

|Harassment{{cite web|first=G |last=Sharma |location=Gurgaon |date=6 October 2013 |agency=DHNS |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/100501/ |title=RTI activists threatened to killed by SPIO |work=Deccan Herald |accessdate=8 October 2013}}

|An RTI Activist who tried to Bring all the documents of Corruption From Villages of the Block Farrukh Nagar, Gurgaon was threaten to be killed if he continue filling the RTI against Sarpanch and keep asking about the development work.

Dilip kumar reddy k

| Hyderabad

| 3 Jan 2014

| Removed from the job

| Exposed corruption in engineering college fee reimbursement and seat allocation at aurora Institute.

Mushtaq Pahalgami

|Jammu and Kashmir

|27 December 2010

|Physically attacked, abused, threatened against filing any further RTIs/PILs{{cite web|url=http://www.preciouskashmir.com/paradise-lost-and-well-regained/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141218163908/http://www.preciouskashmir.com/paradise-lost-and-well-regained/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2014-12-18|title=Paradise lost and well regained!|publisher=preciouskashmir.com|date=2014-08-12 |accessdate=2017-07-30}}

|Exposed forest land-grab attempts by the local land mafia, helped ensure the High Court construction ban in the region{{cite web|url=http://kashmirpatriot.com/2017/07/20/creating-awareness-plastic-pollution-one-mans-crusade-save-environment/|title=Creating Awareness about Plastic Pollution: One Man's Crusade to Save the Environment|publisher=kashmirpatriot.com|date=2017-07-20 |accessdate=2017-07-30}}

= Suicide =

class="wikitable sortable"
Name

!State

!Date

!Attack type

! class="unsortable" |Nature of Activism

Jabbardan Gadhvi

|Gujarat

|2/22/2011

|Suicide{{cite news|date=22 February 2011|title=Denied info, RTI activist immolates self in Gujarat|work=The Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Denied-info-RTI-activist-immolates-self-in-Gujarat/articleshow/7543457.cms|accessdate=18 July 2013}}

|

See also

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