CHENNAI: A 68-year-old Right to Information activist in Kancheepuram was found dead on the side of a road in Velathottam in Kancheepuram district on Thursday evening.
V Balasubrmanian had filed a number of applications under the Right To Information (RTI) Act seeking information about alleged irregularities in several handloom weavers' cooperative societies in Kancheepuram district, it was learnt.
Federation of Anti-Corruption Teams-India general secretary T Retnapandian of Chennai told TOI that Balasubramanian had been facing intimidation from several people against his activism. Balasubrmanian had no reason to go to the place where he was found dead and that raises suspicion about the death, he added.
Retnapandian said he (Retnapandian) had also filed RTI applications on the alleged irregularities in certain handloom cooperative societies in Kancheepuram district.
"I was about to inspect the records of some societies last month. But I did not go as I heard that I might be attacked by some unidentified men there," Retnapandian said.
Kancheepuram subdivision DSP K Rajendran said Balasubramanian's body was found in a sitting position by the road side at Velathottam under Magral police station limit around 5.30pm. "Initial medical reports suggested that he may have died of a heart attack. There were no external injuries on the body,'' the DSP said.
courtesy: TOI NEWS
V Balasubrmanian had filed a number of applications under the Right To Information (RTI) Act seeking information about alleged irregularities in several handloom weavers' cooperative societies in Kancheepuram district, it was learnt.
Federation of Anti-Corruption Teams-India general secretary T Retnapandian of Chennai told TOI that Balasubramanian had been facing intimidation from several people against his activism. Balasubrmanian had no reason to go to the place where he was found dead and that raises suspicion about the death, he added.
Retnapandian said he (Retnapandian) had also filed RTI applications on the alleged irregularities in certain handloom cooperative societies in Kancheepuram district.
"I was about to inspect the records of some societies last month. But I did not go as I heard that I might be attacked by some unidentified men there," Retnapandian said.
Kancheepuram subdivision DSP K Rajendran said Balasubramanian's body was found in a sitting position by the road side at Velathottam under Magral police station limit around 5.30pm. "Initial medical reports suggested that he may have died of a heart attack. There were no external injuries on the body,'' the DSP said.
courtesy: TOI NEWS
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