Editorial : When a Judge Himself Commits Crime, When a police himself robs, Murders …

Arvind Kaushal  Maharashtra      4/8/11   Assaulted            http://www.indianexpress.com/news/rti-applicant-on-kharadi-construction-attacked/774105/0              

Popat Barge       Maharashtra      4/17/11                Assaulted                http://www.punemirror.in/article/2/201104192011041901024324444775681/Hazare%E2%80%99s-antigraft-crusader-seriously-hurt-in-Satara-attack.html   

Jai Bhagwan & Karambir                Haryana               5/21/11                Assaulted            http://ibnlive.in.com/news/rti-applicants-shot-at-in-sonepat/153154-3.html          

Ismail Patwari    Maharashtra      5/27/11                Assaulted            http://www.hindustantimes.com/RTI-activist-attacked/Article1-704300.aspx  

C.P. Singh            Maharashtra      6/22/11                Assaulted            http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=local&newsid=246722            

 Baghu Dewani  Gujarat 6/24/11                Assaulted            http://ibnlive.in.com/news/rti-activist-attacked-in-porbander/162353-3.html           

Ganasham Kunkolkar     Goa        7/22/11                Assaulted            http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-RTI-activists-too-face-brunt/articleshow/10408212.cms        

Jaisukh Bambhania          Daman and Diu 8/8/11   Assaulted            http://www.indianexpress.com/news/rti-activist-attacked;-politicians-officials-on-run/836043/0  

Sanjit Das            Meghalaya          8/14/11                Assaulted            http://www.indianexpress.com/news/in-ne-rti-activists-at-the-receiving-end/839410/0      

Ajay Ambalia      Gujarat 8/31/11                Assaulted            http://www.indianexpress.com/news/another-rti-activist-assaulted-now-by-jetpur-nagarpalika-chief/840534/0   

Parshuram Kishanlal Mali              Gujarat 9/7/11   Assaulted            http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-08/rajkot/30129881_1_rti-applicant-rti-act-indian-railways          

Manisha Goswami           Gujarat 9/21/11                Assaulted            http://www.dnaindia.com/india/comment_rti-activists-have-always-been-targetted-in-gujarat_1608315            

Mehul Kataria    Maharashtra      10/7/11                Assaulted            http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/RTI-activist-in-Mumbai-attacked/articleshow/10283504.cms   

Santosh M Tiwari             Maharashtra / Gujarat   10/16/11              Assaulted            http://www.hindustantimes.com/Mumbai-RTI-activist-left-in-Surat-after-abduction-and-assault/Article1-757969.aspx        

Poonam Solanki                Gujarat 12/2/11                Assaulted            http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-03/ahmedabad/30471505_1_rti-activist-coma-sarpanch               

Dhudaram           Rajasthan            2/2/12   Assaulted            http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/RTI-applicant-attacked-for-exposing-graft-in-MGNREGA/articleshow/11784137.cms  

Nabi Ahmad       Bihar      4/5/12   Assaulted            http://www.ndtv.com/article/cities/right-to-information-activist-assaulted-in-bihar-194234           

H S Rathi              Punjab  4/30/12                Assaulted            http://www.indianexpress.com/news/RTI-activists--group-condemns--attack--on-colleague/945910/          

Razi Hasan           Bihar      5/11/12                Assaulted            http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/nation/north/rti-activist-shot-bihar-611  

Deepak Rege     Karnataka            5/12/12                Assaulted            http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hubli/Sand-mafia-assaults-RTI-activist-in-Dharwad/articleshow/13427136.cms       

Kamlesh Parmar               Gujarat 5/19/12                Assaulted            http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_ahmedabad-taxi-driver-beaten-up-for-exposing-corruption_1691706      

Nathala Sukhadiya           Gujarat 6/24/12                Assaulted            http://www.indianexpress.com/news/cop-names-minister-in-fir-marched-out-within-hours/967283/0

Babban Mishra  Uttar Pradesh    7/22/12                Assaulted            http://www.business-standard.com/generalnews/news/man-assaulted-for-seeking-info-under-rti-act/35671/            

Naushad Khan   Maharashtra      9/11/12                Assaulted                http://www.mumbaimirror.com/article/2/20120914201209140348234564d1d7b61/RTI-activist-thrashed-for-complaint-against-illegal-factory-on-BMC-land.html       

Sanjay Dattaram Kode   Maharashtra      10/15/12              Assaulted            http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_rti-activist-beaten-up-at-mlas-office_1752856         

B Ramakrishnappa           Karnataka            11/16/12              Assaulted                http://www.deccanherald.com/content/292488/rti-activist-assaulted.html        

N Srinivasa Rao Andhra Pradesh               11/22/12              Assaulted                http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Whistleblowers-face-death-threats-but-cops-cool/articleshow/17365980.cms               

N Srinivasa Rao Andhra Pradesh               12/30/12              Assaulted            http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/andhra-pradesh/rti-activist-injected-with-poisonous-substance/article4256641.ece       

 Thakur Rajkumar Singh Andhra Pradesh               1/1/13   Assaulted            http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-01-03/hyderabad/36130290_1_rti-activist-lokayukta-case-encroachment-case  

Narshibhai Malani            Gujarat 1/6/13   Assaulted            http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/rajkot/Farmer-thrashed-for-using-RTI-to-fight-pollution-menace/articleshow/17918354.cms       

Akhilesh Saxena               Uttar Pradesh    in 2008  Assaulted            http://www.tehelka.com/story_main47.asp?filename=Ne091010Dead_Right.asp      

Rinku Singh Rahi               Uttar Pradesh    in 2009  Assaulted            http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/UP-up-protesting-whistleblower-officer-locked-up-in-mental-asylum-3022333.html           

Kh Pasot              Manipur               in 2012  Assaulted            http://www.tehelka.com/story_main53.asp?filename=Ws120912MANIPUR.asp           

 Parameswar Sabar         Orissa    June 2011            Assaulted            http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-21/bhubaneswar/29690252_1_bpl-list-rti-application-rti-act       

 Niren Pareek, Christopher Minz               Assam   May 2007             Assaulted                http://www.indianexpress.com/news/assam-rti-applicant-alleges-assault/128135/0     

Ramesh Agrawal              Chhattisgarh      July 2012              Assaulted            http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?282280                

Mahendra Thakur            Maharashtra      Aug 2012              Assaulted            http://www.moneylife.in/article/ration-card-frauds-can-be-exposed-through-rti/27943.html

Tapal Ganesh     Karnataka            Unknown            Assaulted            http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/men-who-fought-reddy-brothers-attacked-18669               

Purshottam Chauhan     Gujarat Unknown            Assaulted            http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Ahmedabad/Man-thrashed-for-seeking-info-under-RTI/articleshow/4738846.cms

Narayan Hareka                Orissa    Unknown            Assaulted            http://www.indianexpress.com/news/attacking-the-right-to-ask/322527/0              

Akhil Gogoi         Assam   Unknown            Assaulted            http://www.indianexpress.com/news/assam-rti-applicant-alleges-assault/128135/0

Sumit Kumar Mahato     Jharkhand           Unknown            Assaulted            http://www.tehelka.com/story_main47.asp?filename=Ne091010Dead_Right.asp      

Bibhav Kumar, Rajeev Kumar     Uttar Pradesh    1/26/07                Harassed                http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=219469    

Tukaram Bansode            Maharashtra      12/31/07              Harassed             http://www.indianexpress.com/news/activist-seeking-info-under-rti-jailed-on-new-years-eve-fined/256952/0               

V Gopalakrishnan            Tamil Nadu         3/13/09                Harassed                http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Info-panel-orders-probe-into-threat-to-RTI-applicant/articleshow/5595207.cms        

Srikant Prabhu  Maharashta        5/1/09   Harassed             http://www.tehelka.com/story_main47.asp?filename=Ne091010Dead_Right.asp      

Kishori Ram        Bihar      7/21/09                Harassed             http://www.tehelka.com/story_main47.asp?filename=Ne091010Dead_Right.asp      

Goverdhan Singh             Rajasthan            3/1/10   Harassed             http://www.tehelka.com/story_main47.asp?filename=Ne091010Dead_Right.asp      

Mohit Sharma   Delhi      3/12/10                Harassed             http://sify.com/news/mcd-engineers-threatened-to-kill-me-alleges-rti-applicant-news-national-kdpvucibcdb.html  

Jay Kumar Raghuvanshi Maharashtra      3/13/10                Harassed             http://www.mid-day.com/news/2011/may/010511-police-complaint-RTI-activist-HSCB-BHC-Vitthalwadi.htm       

Davinder Khurana            Punjab  4/2/10   Harassed             http://www.tehelka.com/story_main47.asp?filename=Ne091010Dead_Right.asp      

Ramesh Agrawal              Chattisgarh         6/23/10                Harassed             http://www.tehelka.com/story_main47.asp?filename=Ne091010Dead_Right.asp

 Ganesh Borhade             Maharashtra      7/7/10   Harassed             http://www.indianexpress.com/news/city-activist-forwards-bhorade-appeal-for-protection-to-state-home-dept/646263/0            

Manish Bhatnagar           Maharashtra      7/18/10                Harassed             http://ibnlive.in.com/news/activist-seeks-info-from-cbi-gets-threats-instead/126959-3.html

Harshad Patil      Maharashta        8/13/10                Harassed             http://www.mid-day.com/news/2010/aug/230810-peon-hospitalised-harassed-school-low-salary.htm    

Gopalkrishnan, Siva Elango, Madhav Vishnubhatta           Tamil Nadu         9/1/10   Harassed                http://www.indiatogether.org/2010/sep/rti-tnsic.htm

Fatima Mynsong, Acquiline Songthiang, Matilda Suting  Meghalaya          9/1/10   Harassed             http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/whistleblowers-face-persecution-in-meghalaya/406679/      

Abhijit Ghosh    Maharashta        9/1/10   Harassed             http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Harassed-whistleblower-forced-to-give-up-fight-buy-peace-with-bank/articleshow/6721813.cms             

Ratna Ala             Gujarat 9/29/10                Harassed             http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Blind-RTI-crusader-gets-death-threats/articleshow/6703286.cms              

Bobby Basaiawmoit        Meghalaya          2/1/11   Harassed             http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?710573           

Mary Anne Pohshna       Meghalaya          3/9/11   Harassed             http://www.hindustantimes.com/Meghalaya-RTI-activist-s-arrest-flayed/Article1-672699.aspx

Sanjay Gurav     Maharashtra      3/22/11                Harassed             http://www.ndtv.com/article/cities/mumbai-rti-activist-receives-death-threats-94272   

M Z Ali  Karnataka            5/10/11                Harassed             http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_bangalore-corporator-threatens-rti-activist-over-land-dispute_1541465     

Ketan Shah         Gujarat 5/12/11                Harassed             http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/sarabhai-demands-action-against-those-threatening-rti-activist/680731.html           

Ravinder Rathi   Haryana               6/2/11   Harassed             http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-03/india/29616820_1_rti-activist-vice-chief-information               

Payi Gyadi           Arunachal Pradesh          6/5/11   Harassed             http://ibnlive.in.com/news/arunachal-minister-involved-in-govt-job-scam/169263-37-64.html          

Brijesh Kumar    Delhi      8/2/11   Harassed             http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/story/abusive-reply-to-rti-query-by-mcd/1/147604.html       

Ashok Paswan   Bihar      8/19/11                Harassed                http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110821/jsp/bihar/story_14402774.jsp                 

Arvind Sharma  Punjab  9/5/11   Harassed             http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-06/ludhiana/30118011_1_activist-glada-threat  

Derrick Dias        Goa        9/11/11                Harassed             http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-RTI-activists-too-face-brunt/articleshow/10408212.cms  

Subhash Aggarwal           Delhi      10/7/11                Harassed                http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/article2520284.ece           

Sheeba Fehmi and Arshad Ali Fehmi       Delhi      10/8/11                Harassed             http://www.indianexpress.com/news/rti-activist-attacked-by-mob-in-jama-masjid-area/857856/               

Sanjay Gurav     Maharashtra      11/28/11              Harassed             http://www.mid-day.com/news/2011/dec/011211-Hawkers-threaten-RTI-activist-over-complaint.htm        

Anupam Saraf, Vaibhav Gandhi and Dinesh Shah              Maharashtra      12/13/11              Harassed             http://www.mid-day.com/news/2011/dec/141211-pune-Voter-registration-officer-tries-to-shoo-RTI-activists-away-with-FIR-threat.htm

R. Marijoseph    Karnataka            12/30/11              Harassed             http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/article2765367.ece       

Surendra Yadav                Uttarakhand      6/10/12                Harassed             http://dailypioneer.com/state-editions/dehradun/72567-rti-activist-threatened.html  

Pandurang and Narayan Gaekwad           Gujarat 3/16/12                Harassed                http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/surat/RTI-applicants-in-Dang-threatened/articleshow/12309107.cms  

Raju Malthumkar             Andhra Pradesh               6/11/12                Harassed                http://newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/article548051.ece        

O P Kataria          Haryana               6/19/12                Harassed             http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-21/gurgaon/32351673_1_fake-voter-rti-activist-arrest-warrant

Uma Shankar Yogi            Rajasthan            10/1/12                Harassed             http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/RAJ-JPR-activist-goes-by-book-to-seek-info-runs-into-trouble-3886771-PHO.html           

Prof SK Bhalla    Jammu and Kashmir       11/6/12                Harassed             http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/Jammu%20Sec/Minister-s-wife-threatened-me-claims-RTI-activist/Article1-957371.aspx  

D Ganapati Raju                Andhra Pradesh               11/23/12              Harassed                http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Whistleblowers-face-death-threats-but-cops-cool/articleshow/17365980.cms               

Dinesh Kallahalli                Karnataka            11/26/12              Harassed             http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_yet-another-rti-activist-comes-under-threat-cloud-in-bangalore_1770755   

S Lokraj                Karnataka            11/27/12              Harassed                http://www.bangaloremirror.com/article/10/2012112820121128020322804377b75e9/Kidwai-employee-who-filed-100-RTI-queries-faces-minister%E2%80%99s-wrath.html             

Anis Khan            Maharashtra      12/2/12                Harassed             http://www.ndtv.com/article/cities/my-wife-was-threatened-after-i-filed-an-rti-305362  

Kishan Lal Gera Haryana               2008 onwards    Harassed             http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/RTI-activist-Gera-getting-threat-calls/articleshow/7368170.cms        

Bishambhar Dayal            Haryana               2008 onwards    Harassed             http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Gurgaon/50-yr-old-cop-harassed-for-fighting-corruption/Article1-849256.aspx    

Ajay Bose            Maharashtra      2008 onwards    Harassed                http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/D4MiOuxqxEpNsbkx3mUL4H/Whistleblowers--A-matter-of-confidentiality.html                

R V Prasanna      Karnataka            2009 onwards    Harassed             http://www.bangaloremirror.com/index.aspx?page=article§id=10&contentid=2012011720120117045336357bf5bee79        

Shiv Prakash Rai                Bihar      May 2008             Harassed                http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110821/jsp/bihar/story_14402774.jsp              

 Takhellambam Ibempishak, sagolsem Memcha and Konjengbam Anita Manipur               Apr 2011 onwards            Harassed                http://www.e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=11..110411.apr11   

Pawan Sharma  Uttar Pradesh    Apr 11th, 2011 onwards                Harassed             http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/story/rti-activist-jailed-in-ghaziabad/1/146889.html          

Emmanuel          Andhra Pradesh               Feb & Mar 2011                Harassed                http://www.deccanchronicle.com/hyderabad/rti-activist-seeks-refuge-cop%E2%80%99s-false-charges-774      

Jagbir Singh        Delhi      Feb 2011 onwards           Harassed             http://www.mid-day.com/news/2011/mar/220311-news-delhi-RTI-unauthorised-encroachment-Yamuna-river-bed.htm                

Biren Luwang     Manipur               April 2011 onwards          Harassed             http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/rti-applicant-threatened-ostracised-by-local-residents/801960.html

‘Injambakkam’ H Sekar Tamil Nadu         August 2011 onwards     Harassed             http://ibnlive.in.com/news/activist-receives-threat-calls-seeks-protection/217857-60-120.html

Khirasindhu Sagria           Orrisa    After November 2011    Harassed             http://www.moneylife.in/article/well-done-sagriamdashthe-ghost-farm-pond-whistleblower-of-odisha/22328.html              

Muzibur Rehman             Unknown            in 2007  Harassed             http://www.livemint.com/2007/10/22234344/RTI-whistleblower-says-he-is.html

Saleem Baig        Uttar Pradesh    in 2007  Harassed             http://www.tehelka.com/story_main47.asp?filename=Ne091010Dead_Right.asp      

Asith Sangma     Meghalaya          in 2008  Harassed             http://www.tehelka.com/story_main47.asp?filename=Ne091010Dead_Right.asp      

Ashok Verma     Punjab  in 2009  Harassed             http://www.indianexpress.com/news/applicant-complains-of-receiving-threat/679649/0              

Kheemaram       Rajasthan            in 2010  Harassed             http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/nation/the-man-who-dares-to-bare

Rajeev Kumar    West Bengal       May 2011             Harassed             http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-10-30/mumbai/34816272_1_rti-activists-rti-queries-rti-user                

Shivaji Raut         Maharashtra      June 2011            Harassed             http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_probe-into-threats-to-maharashtra-rti-activist_1552867      

Ajay Gakhar       Delhi      July 2011              Harassed             http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?727537           

All Gujarat RTI users       Gujarat July 2011              Harassed                http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/article/3/20110722201107220244504382c648219/Gujarat-govt-to-put-RTI-activists-under-scanner-.html   

Ankur Patil          Maharashtra      Sep 2011              Harassed             http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_rti-activist-gets-threat-from-mulund-inspector_1583358   

Gunjan Mehta  Gujarat Dec 2011              Harassed             http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-23/ahmedabad/30550614_1_city-police-rti-application-anandnagar        

 H R Bangia          Harayana             May 2012             Harassed             http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-05-13/gurgaon/31689077_1_rti-activist-rti-queries-information-activist       

Deepak Gadekar              Goa        Sep 2012              Harassed             http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/RTI-activist-booked-yet-again/articleshow/16365522.cms   

Durga    Delhi      in 2011  Harassed             http://www.deccanherald.com/content/177777/cic-issues-stern-warning-against.html      

C J Karira              Andhra Pradesh               in 2011  Harassed             http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/CIC-issues-show-cause-notice-to-RPO-official/articleshow/9377121.cms

Nelapati Papireddy Pachalla Suryanarayana Reddy and Kovuru Satyanarayana Reddy      Andhra Pradesh               in 2011                Harassed             http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/3-youths-ostracised-for-RTI-expose/articleshow/9559059.cms           

Mohinder Kumar             Punjab  Unknown            Harassed             http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Another-RTI-activist-alleges-threat/683630/

Anwar Shaikh    Maharashtra      Unknown            Harassed             http://ibnlive.in.com/news/rti-activist-gets-threats-over-mumbai-land-scam/131529-3.html         

Y. Ekyimo Kikon                Nagaland             Unknown            Harassed                http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090613/jsp/northeast/story_11101347.jsp    

Ashok Rathod    Gujarat Unknown            Harassed             http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_school-bullies-father-after-rti-plea_1275291