New Delhi: CBI on Tuesday registered a case in connection with the sensational 2010 killing of RTI activist Amit Jethwa outside the Gujarat High Court in which a state BJP MP is a suspect. The agency started probe on the instructions of the High Court which had handed over the case to CBI and criticised the state police for their shoddy investigations in the murder in which BJP MP from Junagadh Dinu Bogha Solanki's nephew Shiva Solanki was arrested for allegedly carrying out the killing but the MP was given a clean chit. The agency has registered the FIR against unknown persons under Section 302 (murder) of IPC, CBI sources said. The team of special crime unit would soon be reaching Ahmedabad to initiate its probe in the case, they said.
A Right to Information (RTI) and environment activist, Gujarat-based Jethwa, who had filed numerous RTI applications and a PIL against illegal mining in Gir forest region, was shot dead outside the Gujarat High Court on July 20, 2010. The killing had sparked uproar among the RTI activists across the country who raised concerns over the safety of such whistleblowers. His father Bhikabhai Jethwa had sought a CBI probe alleging that Dinu Bogha Solanki was behind the murder.
In his plea before the High Court, Bhikabhai has alleged that state police had not properly probed the case and the state government was shielding the BJP MP. The division bench of Justices DH Vaghela and JC Upadhyay, on September
05:45 PM, Oct 09, 2012
Ahmedabad: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will take over the probe into the murder of Right to Information (RTI) activist Amit Jethwa. The case has been transferred to the CBI after the Gujarat Police gave a clean chit to BJP MP Dinu Solanki in February 2012. The court observed that investigation by the Gujarat police in the Jethwa murder case was far from satisfactory and to instil the confidence...
03:37 PM, Sep 25, 2012
New Delhi: The Gujarat Police Crime Branch on Tuesday gave a clean chit to BJP MP Dinu Solanki in connection with the RTI activist Amit Jethva murder case. The crime branch submitted its final report on Tuesday giving a clean chit to Solanki. Amit's father, Bhikha, had filed a petition in the High Court, seeking probe by the CBI or any other independent agency, in October 2010. In the petition...
05:34 PM, Feb 28, 2012
Ahmedabad: A Right to Information Act (RTI) Awards Committee has ranked Gujarat 18th among states implementing the Act. Two RTI activists, Alpesh Bhavsar and Paresh Parekh, have been waiting for responses to their queries for nearly five years. The duo filed a RTI application way back in 2006, seeking to know whether it is legal for politicians to publicly brandish weapons in a show of strength. "The Commission PIO has...
11:29 AM, Nov 23, 2010
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11:38 PM, Sep 07, 2010
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Police have arrested Shiva Solanki, the nephew of BJP MP from Junagarh Dinubhai Boghabhai Solanki, in the murder case of Right to Information activist Amit Jethwa. Shiva Solanki is the main accused in the murder case and was arrested near Rajkot airport on Tuesday by a team of Ahmedabad police. "We have arrested Shiva Solanki, from near the Rajkot airport while he was on his way to Mumbai,"...
01:02 PM, Sep 07, 2010
RTI activist Amit Jethwa was killed on the evening of July 20 near Gujarat High Court. ...
02:29 PM, Sep 05, 2010
Gujarat: Narendra Modi has lashed out at the Congress once again. Speaking at a public function in Ahmedabad, the Gujarat chief minister said the Congress has given a 'supari' to CBI to finish him politically and stop the progress of his state. "The Congress cannot digest the progress made by Gujarat and that is the reason they have given 'supari' to CBI to finish Modi and stop the progress of...
10:12 AM, Aug 26, 2010
New Delhi: Documents accessed by CNN-IBN link BJP MP from Gujarat Dinu Solanki to the illegal mining activity going on in the periphery of Gir Sanctuary. They not only expose Solanki's clout over illegal mining in the state but also indicate that Gujarat Chief Minster Narendra Modi was well aware of it. Dinu Solanki, whose nephew is suspected to be involved in the murder of RTI activist Amit Jethwa...
04:45 PM, Aug 25, 2010
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Police are close to solving the murder of well-known Right to Information (RTI) activist Amit Jethwa, a killing that has caused widespread outrage. Investigation into the brutal killing of the RTI activist in July has zeroed in on the family of BJP strongman and MP Dinu Bogha Solanki. The Ahmedabad Crime Branch says that arrested constable Bahadur Singh Vadher has confessed that Shiva Solanki, who is Dinu Solanki's...
12:56 PM, Aug 20, 2010
Ahmedabad: Another accused has been arrested in connection with the murder of RTI activist and green crusader Amit Jethwa in Ahmedabad, police said on Thursday. Pachan Shiva (28), one of the persons who allegedly shot Jethwa, was arrested in Ahmedabad late on Wednesday night, crime branch officials said. Jethwa was shot dead from a close range near the Gujarat High Court on July 20 after he filed a Public Interest...
08:02 PM, Aug 19, 2010
Ahmedabad: A constable from Junagadh district has been arrested in connection with the alleged murder of RTI activist and green crusader Amit Jethwa here, police said on Tuesday. "We have arrested Bahadursinh Wadher, a police constable from Jungadh in connection with the killing of Jethwa. Wadher was posted in the Gir-Gadhada region of Junagadh," said DCP (crime), Himanshu Shukla. According to sources, the crime branch has detained couple of other...
02:54 PM, Aug 17, 2010
Ahmedabad: Nearly one month after RTI activist Amit Jethwa's murder, Gujarat Police Crime Branch on Monday detained BJP MP Dinubhai Boghabhai Solanki's nephew, Shiva Solanki. Amit Jethwa's family now looks at the Gujarat government with a suspicious eye for his brutal murder. It’s nearly a month since RTI Activist Amit Jethwa's brutal murder and his widow Alpa's tears have still not dried. Amit's family has alleged that Junagadh BJP MP...
09:22 AM, Aug 17, 2010
![BJP MP's nephew detained in Jethwa murder case]( "BJP MP's nephew detained in Jethwa murder case")
RTI activist Amit Jethwa was killed on the evening of July 20 near Gujarat High Court in Ahmedabad. ...
10:22 PM, Aug 16, 2010
![BJP MP, suspect in RTI activist's murder, missing]( "BJP MP, suspect in RTI activist's murder, missing")
He skipped Parliament and instead issued an advertisement in three Gujarati newspapers claiming innocence. ...
09:56 AM, Jul 27, 2010
Meanwhile, pressure continues to build on the Gujarat government to act against the accused. ...
08:50 AM, Jul 22, 2010
Fate of whistleblowers shows how even RTI is not a protection for people who chase the truth. ...
11:09 PM, Jul 21, 2010
Amit Jethwa joins a list of many information seekers who have lost their lives in 2010. His father points the finger at a BJP MP. ...
09:49 PM, Jul 21, 2010
Bikubhai Jethwa claimed that the BJP MP from Junagarh Dinubhai Solanki was the brain behind the brutal killing of his son. ...
06:50 PM, Jul 21, 2010
RTI activist Amit Jethwa was killed on Tuesday evening near the Gujarat High Court by unidentified men. ...
10:28 PM, Jul 20, 2010
