New Delhi, April 21 : Delhi Police have arrested two MCD engineers on charges of allegedly threatened an activist who had filed an RTI application seeking details of illegal construction in Shahdara (North).
S.S. Yadav, DCP (northeast) said that they have arrested assistant engineer Umesh Singh and executive engineer B M N Rao.
"After investigating the complaints we found out that three engineers had gone to the house of the complainant in Dilshad Garden and threatened him. The third accused — junior engineer Hari Singh — is yet to be arrested. We have certain leads and will arrest him soon,'' said Yadav.
The arrests were made after the victim Mohit Sharma (33) approached the information commissioner Shailesh Gandhi, seeking help when the local police did not take him seriously.
Sharma had filed an RTI application seeking information from the MCD on unauthorized constructions in Shahdara (north). But the MCD engineers instead of furnishing the details, tried to pressurise Mohit and asked him to back out. When Sharma refused to comply, they landed at his house and threatened him with dire consequences.
Sharma had filed a complain about the engineers with the Seemapuri police station but he got no relief. And when Ghandi came to know about Sharma's struggle, he wrote a letter to police commissioner Y.S. Dadwal and appealed the police chief to look into the matter. A few days later a case was registered against the accused.
In the FIR, Sharma said that: "Umesh had threatened saying you are too young to play such dangerous games. It is like playing with fire. Umesh also told me that no one can survive after clashing with MCD officials. I will demolish your home."
Incidentally, few days back three policemen were recently suspended by senior officers after they allegedly helped a trader kill his maid in Ghaziabad.
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