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Another RTI activist shot dead in Bihar

A Right to Information (RTI) activist was shot dead on Tuesday by unidentified assailants in Bihar’s East Champaran district, police…

IANS | Patna | June 19, 2018 8:13 pm

Another RTI activist shot dead in Bihar

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A Right to Information (RTI) activist was shot dead on Tuesday by unidentified assailants in Bihar’s East Champaran district, police said.

Rajender Singh was attacked by motorcycle-borne attackers near Matganvari chowk in Motihari, the district headquarters, said police official Abhishek Ranjan.

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According to local police officials, Singh had exposed several rackets and scams in LIC, recruitment of school teachers and financial irregularities in welfare schemes and development works in the district.

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An RTI activist was shot dead in Vaishali district in April.

 

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