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Deceased Right to Information ( RTI) activist Vilas Baravkar’s widow has requested authorities to stop investigation of his suicide. Baravkar had committed suicide on 25th march 2014 and left behind a suicide note naming 52 individuals including top civic and police officials on 100 rupee court fee stamp. Now his widow ujwala has alleged that officials are repeatedly calling her and other people for inquiry to know exact cause of her husband’s suicide.
Ujwala has written to state minister
for home, Superintendent of police, CID , deputy superintendent of police, Police Inspector ,chakan
. Senior correspondents’ of of TV9, IBN Lokmat , Zee 24 taas and , me ( Vijay Kumbhar).In
her letter she says,’ we are not aware of exact cause of my husband’s suicide, my
husband was working in field of RTI, human rights, anti corruption , consumer
movement, Varkari Sampraday (a pilgrim ). He had unearthed many scams through
RTI, and had also compelled to arrest fraud “ BABAs” through Andhashraddha
Nirmoolan Samiti. He had also helped resolve family disputed of many.
She further says that, today also
people come to us asking for help. I and my son do our best to help them
honestly. Now a days me and my family is going through various problems. Meanwhile
investigating agencies (she has used word “Nyay Vyavastha” means judiciary) are
calling us and others frequently asking us exact cause of my husbands suicide. This is causing us a
mental, social, economical and physical harassment and also creating a lobby
against us in society.
With above allegation she has
requested authorities to stop accepting RTI and other applications in her husband’s
suicide case. Otherwise she fears that society and investigating agencies (She
has used word Judiciary ) will compel them
to end their life as mentioned by her husband in suicide note.
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Vilas Baravkar was a hero who exposed corruption in building construction in Pune. He committed suicide in 2013 due to severe harassment. Read more about him in this book:-“IS SOMEONE SPYING ON YOU? HARASSING YOU?” Available on amazon.
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