Summary:
The next time an RTI applicant approaches the Thane police, he may be surprised to find a courteous officer at the other end. The Thane police was recently in the news for ill-treating an RTI applicant. The Thane police has issued a circular, asking police officers to be courteous towards RTI applicants, while they are interacting with them. The Thane DCP was stripped off his power to hear cases under first appeal as first appellate authority, after the State Information Commission got to know about the issue during the second appeal hearing. Kailash Avhad, the RTI applicant, who was hit by the DCP, said: “I am not aware of any such circular, but the police tends to shield its own people..