Gireesh Babu, a prominent social and RTI activist, was found dead at his home in Kochi. He had filed legal challenges in corruption cases in Kerala. | Latest News India
Indian Revenue Service officer Sameer Wankhede has filed a complaint with Mumbai Police against RTI activist Ketan Tirodkar, accusing him of publishing a defamatory interview about him in the Cordelia cruise drug bust case. Wankhede, who is currently serving as Additional Commissioner of Customs, claimed that Tirodkar had uploaded the video on YouTube without verifying the facts and demanded a case be registered against him for defamation.
Mumbai police have arrested a Right to Information activist for his "derogatory" remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP leader Kirit Somaiya among others, police said on Saturday.