RTI activist Vinayak Shirsat murdered, body found in forest near Pune

Updated On: 12 February, 2019 09:37 AM IST | Pune | Chaitraly Deshmukh

Activist's family confirms that he had received death threats earlier at a press conference in Pune. The body was found in decomposed state and identity was ascertained based on the clothes and other accessories

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Vinayak Shirsat

In a shocking incident, a 32-year-old Right to Information (RTI) activist Vinayak Sudhakar Shirsat was murdered and his body dumped in an isolated dense forest near Tamhini ghat. Vinayak Sudhakar Shirsat was a resident of Katraj in Pune. He was also the vice president of Republican Party of India (RPI).

He was reported missing from his house and according to his family members, he had received death threats earlier at a press conference in Pune. Vinayak was seeking information about unauthorised and illegal construction taking place in Pune and in fringe areas.