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Increase in cases of harassment meted out to the RTI applicants
30 Dec, 2011Chairperson of Assam RTI Forum (ARTIF), has alleged that the number of cases of harassment to RTI applicants are fast rising in Assam in recent times. It was reported that one Hiteswar Lahkar alleged that after filing an RTI application, he received threatening calls several times from unknown callers who pressurized him to withdraw the application. He claimed that initially the police hesitated to register the case but later registered it when State Information Commission took up the matter