2 assistants named at FIR ‘murder’ of RTI activist | India News
Rumita Patel
HARIDWAR: A murder FIR has been filed against two associates of RTI activist Pankaj Lamba and another person for his death on Friday outside of Haridwar. The 50-year-old was killed at a party when he showed his licensed pistol to a 16-year-old girl and it is believed that she accidentally fired, fatally hitting Lamba in the neck. Lamba had busted the Uttarakhand SC / ST scam, estimated at over Rs 350 million.
According to his wife Jyoti, Lamba’s friends Manav and Kasim came to his home on Friday and asked him to stop a “robbery on their land”. He went with them. The three were later said to be at a party at the girl’s residence. Brother Arun told the police that Lamba had received a threat two days ago from the mining mafia in the area.
According to his wife Jyoti, Lamba’s friends Manav and Kasim came to his home on Friday and asked him to stop a “robbery on their land”. He went with them. The three were later said to be at a party at the girl’s residence. Brother Arun told the police that Lamba had received a threat two days ago from the mining mafia in the area.
