The police failed to take cognisance of a complaint filed by an RTI activist in March 2010 that stated that he had received death threats over a Right to Information application he had filed, despite a Bombay High Court order asking them to probe the matter. This came to light when the complainant, Jay Kumar Raghuvanshi, filed another RTI application last month to find out his case's progress. The police finally registered an FIR at the Vitthalwadi police station near Ulhasnagar against diamond merchant Aditya Ashok Jogani on April 25, a year after Raghuvanshi approached them.


RTI activist Jay Kumar at his Ulhasnagar residence. Pic/ Atul kamble

Raghuvanshi filed an RTI application in February 2010, after he received an invitation for the 60th anniversary celebrations of the Hyderabad Sindh National Collegiate Board (HSCB) that unfolded on January 29, 2010. The card stated that former chief minister of Maharashtra, Ashok Chavan, was the chief guest.