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Mumbai Police refuse RTI info to Dharavi dead teen's family
Updated On: 07 May, 2019 07:22 AM IST | Mumbai | Rupsa Chakraborty
Family claims 17-year-old died after he was brutally thrashed by cops; Mumbai police say giving info would impede probe

Ravindra and Indu Jaiswar with their son, Sachin's picture. Ravindra claims he died because of a brutal beating by the cops. Pic/Pradeep Dhivar
Determined to find out the truth behind the death of their 17-year-old son after police allegedly thrashed him, a family took the help of a Right to Information (RTI) query. But, the cops have refused to provide any information. The Dharavi police have also refused to provide CCTV footage of July 12, 2018, when Sachin Jaiswar was allegedly beaten for 22 hours.
Dharavi police refused to give the details citing Section 8(1)(H) of RTI, which makes an exemption of information which would impede the investigation, or apprehension, or prosecution of offenders. "If they haven't done anything wrong, why are they scared to give us the footage? In India, poor people don't have any rights. But, I am not giving up," said Sachin's father Ravindra Jaiswar, a painter.


