A Right to Information (RTI) activist and his friend were shot dead on Sunday by unidentified assailants in Bihar’s Jamui district, police said. This is third such crime in the last three months. Valmiki Yadav and his friend Karu Yadav were attacked by motorcycle-borne assailants near Bichwe village in Sikandra police station area, a district police official said. Yadav is said to have exposed several rackets and financial irregularities in the public welfare schemes and developmental works in the district. An RTI activist was shot dead in Vaishali district in April whereas another RTI activist was shot dead in East Champaran district last month.
— source business-standard.com July 1, 2018
RTI activist Rajender Singh shot dead on June 19 in Bihar-wasn’t given police protection despite previous attacks. Another RTI user & his friend shot dead yesterday. How many people hv to lose their lives before BJP operationalises Whistleblower Protection Act of 2014?
— source twitter.com/AnjaliB_