An RTI activist named Mahendra Patel has been arrested in Surat for extorting ₹66 lakh from Pravin Gajera, a trustee of a Surat-based trust. Learn more about the case and the methods used by the activist.
An RTI activist in Surat, Gujarat, was arrested for extorting Rs 66 lakh from a school trustee. The activist posed as a government employee and targeted trustees of schools across the state. He demanded money in exchange for not filing complaints against the schools. Learn more about this extortion case.
Police also recovered Rs 1.47 crore in cash and around 200-300 files of various schools after raids at Mahendra's residence Saturday following Gajera’s complaint.
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