RTI activist missing after receiving threat calls
5 Mar, 2012
Ravikumar Tiwari, 38, of Shakurbasti area has been missing ever since he went along with his servant to buy flowers from Ghazipur Mandi on 01.03.2012. Mr. Tiwari runs a flower business “Tiwari Flower.com” on Baba Kharak Singh Marg in Connaught Place. More than 15 officials of the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) and Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) were sent to jail in October 2008 after the Anti-Corruption Branch arrested them on charges of corruption following a sting operation following a complaint by Mr. Tiwari. ACB had initiated investigation after a complaint in the MCD “ghost employees” case in 2010. His wife alleged that her husband had received some threat calls in the past. Police have registered a case of kidnapping has been registered against unknown persons at Ghazipur police station over a statement by Mr. Tiwari’s family members.