A Vadodara-based social activist and environmentalist, Rohit Prajapati, has complained of “harassment and intimidation” by the police for making RTI queries regarding the State government's environment policies.
He claimed that the police and the Special Operations Group were “questioning” him, asking for photographs and making other inquiries in the past couple of years. While the police claimed these to be “routine investigations,” he said the intensity of police enquiry had increased in the last few days.
Mr. Prajapati said that during the last couple of years, the police visited his place about half-a-dozen times asking the same questions over and over again about his activities, resources, details of his passport and such other matters. But on October 9, the police demanded two copies of his photographs which he initially refused to provide, but later obliged on a written request from the station concerned.
Mr. Prajapati recently filed an RTI application seeking details of the expenditure for Chief Minister Narendra Modi's “Sadbhavana Mission” fast for three days from September 17.
