Mr. Sarbajit, Firstly, RTI is a democratic legal tool which can be used for getting any information by any citizen from public authority. Its a public accountability tool for any grievance issue. Secondly, you cannot brand anyone as extra-constitutional actors or agencies just because you disagree with them.
Thirdly, what is worse that you are stretching it to issues which concern the North East with its diverse communities whereas an issue of corruption can be raised by any citizen from any part of India. From NEN. ----- Original Message ----- From: sarbajit roy To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 3:51 PM Subject: Re: [rti_india] Request for help Dear Assam NEN The person whose story is being recounted is not a member of this group. It is not good practice to circulate unsubstantiated rumors and allegations for 3rd parties over a *PUBLIC* forum like RTI_India.. The fact that this individual has filed 300+ RTI applications and is being targeted is precisely what concerns us. These are the so-called RTI activist misusers creating problems for ordinary citizens who use RTI occasionally for their own private purposes and not to get "certificates" from RTI touts and haraamis owing fealty to the NCPRI. In any case, now that the activist has reported the matter to the Police and taken his FIR, he will surely now get the peace his actions have brought upon him. Assam is now a violence affected state, the majority of these activists are aligned to the n-# of non-State armed factions, Ulfa , Sulfa, Chakma, Bodo, Naga etc etc. Sarbajit On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 2:55 PM, Assam NEN <[email protected]> wrote: Dear Friends, This is a recent case of threat to an activist working on RTI issues in Darrang district of Assam.Do keep note and help in whatever way you can. Threat to RTI Activists Mr.Mati Ram Nath Sir/Madam, I am Mati Ram Nath aged: 40years hailing from Garoimara village under Sipajhar Police Station of Darrang Dist. of Assam. My occupation is cultivation.
