A Mumbai RTI activist was abducted and thrashed by a gang, and later dropped at NH no. 8 in Surat. He has blamed former chief minister Ashok Chavan and his associates, saying it was because he refused to take back his RTI applications.
“Chavan and his associates Dilawar Khan and Vijay Marwadi are behind this. Khan and Marwadi were beating me all the way and wanted to kill me. They wanted me to take back the RTI application I had filed in the Adarsh scam,” Santosh Tiwari said.
He also alleged that his RTI application regarding the ownership of Ashoka Farm in Thane brought about the entire episode. He said the farm is worth crores and many top Mumbai politicians and the Underworld are eyeing it.
While Tiwari, 42, is undergoing treatment in Surat, the Gujarat police has handed over the case to the Mumbai police.
A resident of Mumbai, he was found unconscious on NH no. 8 at Palsana near Surat on Sunday by locals. Tiwari was rushed to New Civil hospital. He told the police that he was kidnapped from Mira Road station on Friday.
According to Tiwari, he was standing at Mira Road station when some people came in a Scorpio and said they were police officers. They asked him to come with them to the Mira Road police station.
“When the car started in a different direction, I tried to shout for help. They pushed me on the floor of the car and continued kicking me. I lost consciousness. When I woke up, I found myself in a container,” Tiwari told mediapersons from the hospital.
Tiwari was allegedly thrashed inside the container and asked to withdraw his RTI applications or face death. Later, he was forced to drink alcohol. He lost consciousness again. When he came around, he found himself inside the same car. He started shouting for help. Frightened, his assailants allegedly threw him out of the running car at Palsana.
