A presentation on the martyrs of RTI Act. These are the people who lost their lives for the sole reason that they stood against the filth in the society using the power of the legal system by using the Right to Information (RTI) Act.

1. Power of ONE

2. Martyrs for Truth
RTI Activists who lost their lives
Presented by:
Anju Philip, Jikku A Joseph, Bimal Antony, Anuprabha Cyriac,
Griffy Denny, Lims Thomas

3. E-Mail: bimalji@gmail.com Mobile: +919995006062
Lalit Kumar Mehta
Member of: Vikas Sahyog Kendra
Activist in: Right to Food and Right to Work
Place of work: Palamau, Jharkhand
What he did: In-depth social audit of the National Rural
Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) works in
Palamau exposing corrupt practices.
Murdered on: March 15, 2008.

4. Kameshwar Yadav
Activist in: Right to Work
Place of work: Giridih, Jharkhand
What he did: With the help of RTI, questioned the nexus
flourishing among officers, leaders, contractors and
middlemen regarding minor irrigation work in Deori.
Murdered on: June 7, 2008.
E-Mail: bimalji@gmail.com Mobile: +919995006062

5. Venkatesh
Place of work: Eranapalyta, Karnataka.
What he did: Exposed encroachments on government property .
Murdered on: April 12, 2009.
E-Mail: bimalji@gmail.com Mobile:
+919995006062

6. Satish Shetty
Place of work: Pune, Maharashtra
What he did: Exposed many land scams in Maharashtra
Murdered on: January 13, 2010.
E-Mail: bimalji@gmail.com Mobile: +919995006062

7. Vishram Laxman Dodiya
Place of work: Surat, Gujarat
What he did: Gathering information from government using RTI
Act and educating the masses. Anti gambling
measures using RTI Act.
Murdered on: February 11, 2010.
E-Mail: bimalji@gmail.com Mobile: +919995006062

8. Shashidhar Mishra
Place of work: Begusarai, Bihar.
What he did: Exposed scams in the welfare schemes at the
panchayat and block level.
Murdered on: February 14, 2010.
E-Mail: bimalji@gmail.com Mobile: +919995006062

9. Sola Ranga Rao
Place of work: Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh
What he did: Filed many RTI applications in the district office
regarding funding of the village’s drainage system.
Murdered on: April 11, 2010.
E-Mail: bimalji@gmail.com Mobile: +919995006062

10. Vitthal Gite
Place of work: Aurangabad, Maharashtra
What he did: He discovered that teachers at the school were
pocketing grant and scholarship money meant for
students, as well as padding their salaries by
claiming they worked at more than one school..
Murdered on: April 18, 2010.
E-Mail: bimalji@gmail.com Mobile: +919995006062

11. Dattatreya Patil
Place of work: Ichalkaranji, Kolhapur district, Maharashtra
What he did: Taking on the administration with the help of the
RTI act.
Murdered on: May 22, 2010.
E-Mail: bimalji@gmail.com Mobile: +919995006062

12. Amit Jethwa
Activity: Enviormentalist and Social Worker
Place of work: Junagarh, Gujarat
What he did: Activities against illegal mining in the protected
area got him many powerful adversaries.
Murdered on: July 20, 2010.
E-Mail: bimalji@gmail.com Mobile: +919995006062

13. Ramdas Patil Ghadegaonkar
Place of work: Nanded, Maharasthra
What he did: Fighting a battle through the use of RTI against
some companies who were using heavy
machinery to dredge sand from Godavari river.
Murdered on: August 27, 2010.
E-Mail: bimalji@gmail.com Mobile: +919995006062

14. Manjunath Shanmugam
Position held: Marketing Manager for the
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC)
What he did: He had ordered two petrol pumps at Lakhimpur
Kheri, UP sealed for selling adulterated fuel for
three months.
Murdered on: November 19, 2005.
E-Mail: bimalji@gmail.com Mobile: +919995006062

15. ONE can make a difference...
Be the ONE…