Wikipedia:
Satish Shetty (July 21, 1970 – January 13, 2010), popularly known as "Satish", was an Indian social activist, noted for exposing many land scams in Maharashtra. He had used the Right to Information Act to expose irregularities in Government offices in the last five years. He was killed on 13 January 2010, by unknown attackers in Talegaon.
Recognition
He was given posthumously the Sajag Nagrik Award, which was received by his brother Sandeep at a function held in Pune
National RTI Forum has honored his martyrdom by naming an award after him as Satish Shetty RTI Gallantry award.
In 2011 he was posthumously awarded the NDTV Indian of the Year's LIC Unsung Hero of the Year Award with other RTI activists Amit Jethwa, Dattatreya Patil, Vishram Dodiya and Vitthal Gite
From Report:
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| CBI investigating IRB, closely linked to a company Purti Sagar and Power Limited run by Nitin Gadkari |
Mumbai: The CBI on Friday conducted searches at the offices of IRB Infrastructure Developers Limited, in connection with the January 2010 murder of RTI activist Satish Shetty. IRB was, in fact, in news recently over its links with BJP chief Nitin Gadkari.
CBI, which was handed over the probe by the Bombay High Court last year, had on October 24 conducted searches at 11 places in connection with the murder. Shetty was killed as he stepped out of his house on January 13, 2010, at Talegaon Dabhade town in Pune district.
In 2009, Shetty had written a letter to the Pune police seeking protection as he was allegedly being threatened by Mhaiskar. Shetty had alleged that IRB and its subsidiary companies with the connivance of bureaucrats prepared fake documents to claim ownership of government land.
The IRB group is said to have extended huge unsecured loans to Purti Sugar and Power Limited run by Gadkari. The company had bagged contracts from the Maharashtra government when Gadkari was Public Works Department minister in the state.
From report:
Even as several organisations across the country have demanded a CBI probe into the August 20 killing of anti-superstition activist Narendra Dabholkar, the Bombay High Court Friday questioned the central agency's honesty in carrying out investigations into the murder of Right to Information (RTI) activist Satish Shetty who was murdered in 2010.
On January 13, 2010, Shetty was murdered in Pune, after which the Bombay High Court initiated suo motu action in the case. Shetty's brother had sought a CBI probe.
The CBI, which took over the probe on July 9, 2010, had moved the High Court challenging the 'C' summary report filed by the local crime branch, Pune (Rural) in a complaint filed by the slain RTI activist against Aryan Infrastructure and Investment. The report was accepted by the Judicial Magistrate (First class) in Vadgaon on December 27, 2011.
On Friday, Justice M L Tahaliyani told the CBI that reopening the case lodged by Shetty would not help them as nothing prevents them from making an independent inquiry into it. "They (CBI) are just killing time and are not honest with the investigation," Justice Tahaliyani observed. He told the CBI that instead of focusing on reopening of the complaint lodged by Shetty, it is crucial that the agency finds eyewitnesses in the case.
The 'C' summary report said the complaint was filed by Shetty "under misunderstanding." Shetty had filed a complaint against the developer under various IPC sections, including cheating and forgery, and said three sale deeds were executed to sell MSRDC land in Pune to the developers that were cancelled before the registration of the complaint.
"Even after the C (summary) report, the case is not closed. You (CBI) are not prevented from taking a different view and filing a chargesheet in the case," the judge remarked.
On August 13, following the High Court's direction, prosecutor Swapnil Pednekar had submitted an affidavit of assistant police inspector Sunil Tonape saying that after perusing the entire material collected during investigation, police had concluded that no offence was disclosed in the the complaint lodged by Shetty on October 15, 2009. Shetty's complaint had led to 13 persons being booked, of whom two had been arrested and one had sought anticipatory bail.
On Friday, opposing the CBI's plea against the 'C' summary report, prosecutor Deepak More told the court that the local crime branch, Pune rural would produce their case diaries to support their case.
Adjourning the case till September 17, Justice Tahaliyani told the CBI, "Instead of opening a pandora's box and failing, it is better that they (CBI officers) do their job. You consider my suggestion seriously."
http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/cbi-to-re-investigate-activist-satish-shettys-murder-740068
ReplyDeleteNEW DELHI: CBI today decided to re-investigate the murder of Pune-based RTI activist Satish Shetty in view of new evidence recovered during the searches at the offices and residence of a prominent builder in January.
The decision to close the murder case was taken six months ago - in June last year - while the closure report was filed before the special court in August, CBI sources said today.
They said the agency has decided to re-investigate the murder after it recovered certain documents, indicative of possible missing evidence in the murder case, from a builder whose offices and residence were searched in Janurary in a separate case registered in November.
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After registering the fresh case, CBI had carried out searches at 21 locations in Mumbai and Pune in the premises of IRB infrastructure developer to probe allegations of land grabbing along Mumbai-Pune Highway on the directions of the Bombay High Court.
CBI sources said the searches were an off-shoot of the murder of Satish Shetty who had sought information on the alleged land grabbing by IRB Infrastructure developers.
The Bombay High Court, on the request of CBI, had handed over the probe to it to investigate allegations of land grabbing.
CBI had registered a case under various Sections of IPC related to cheating and forgery against Deepak Dattatrey Gadgil, who is the authorised signatory for Aryan Infrastructure (a subsidiary of IRB infrastructure) and 12 others, the sources said.
CBI had carried out searches at 21 locations including the offices and residence of Gadgil and Virendra Mahaiskar, Managing Director IRB Infrastructure. The premises of other 15 individuals were also searched, they said.Story First Published: February 16, 2015 20:53 IST
http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/four-years-on-cbi-says-no-proof-against-11-accused-in-activist-satish-shettys-murder-648262
ReplyDeleteMUMBAI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has told a court in Maharashtra that it has found no evidence against 11 people accused of killing Right To Information activist Satish Shetty in 2010, just three days after it was given four weeks to investigate what could have been a possible motive for the murder.
"CBI could not find sufficient or prosecutable evidence against any of the accused. A closure report in the case was filed today," the investigating agency said after filing a closure report at a city court on Monday.
On Friday, the Bombay High Court had given the CBI four weeks to submit its closure report on its investigations into Mr Shetty's complaints.
The 39-year-old activist was stabbed to death on January 13, 2010, as he stepped out of his house in Talegaon near Pune for a morning walk. He was killed days after he asked for police protection, fearing a threat to his life after his complaints of shadowy land deals allegedly involving infrastructure company IRB.
Mr Shetty had alleged that the company had bought government land through forgery and cheating.
He was not given security.
The CBI had earlier acknowledged that the motive for the activist's murder could be linked to the land deals.
"This case is also said to have some relation with the murder case of Shetty. If new evidence comes to notice, CBI will reopen investigation in the case," the agency had said before its turnaround on Monday.
The case was transferred to the CBI after Mr Shetty's brother Sandeep moved the High Court.
The Pune rural police had arrested five people but they were let off on bail because of insufficient evidence.
Mr Shetty's brother Sandeep told NDTV that the CBI's decision to file a closure report is "arbitrary and amounts to contempt of the High Court's directives."
He also alleged that the agency had acted under political pressure.
Story First Published: August 12, 2014 04:00 IST