Pune man who filed RTI queries against illegal construction found dead, police suspect murder

Pune | Tuesday | 12th February, 2019

Summary:

A 32-year-old man from Pune who had recently filed Right to Information application against alleged illegal construction activities and had gone missing over 10 days ago, was found dead in Mulshi near Pune city. As of now, we do not have concrete info that suggests that murder was because of the RTI pleas he had filed. Senior inspector Vishnu Pawar, in-charge of Bharti Vidyapeeth police station said, “After he had gone missing, his family members had filed a missing complaint with us around 10 days ago. Shirsat had gone missing on February 1 and a case of kidnapping was registered at Bharti Vidyapeeth police station in Pune city about his disappearance based on a complaint filed by his brother. AdvertisingThe deceased has been identified as Vinayak Sudhakar Shirsat, a resident of Uttamnagar in Pune..