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RTI activist shot dead in Bihar

December 09, 2011 15:30 IST
By MI Khan
A Right to Information activist actively involved in exposing black-marketing, hoarding, corruption in development schemes was shot dead in Bihar's Lakhisarai district, police said on Friday.

Ram Vilas Singh, in his mid 50s, was killed by unidentified people at his native Bhabhangama village in Lakhisarai district.

Police have lodged a case against
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unknown people and are investigating.

Although Lakhisarai Police downplayed Singh's murder by describing it a case of rivalry with a powerful villager, RTI activists are not ready to buy the theory.

"It appeared to be a case of the killing of an RTI activist for exposing black-marketers and hoarders," Rupesh, a Patna-based RTI activist said.
MI Khan in Patna

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