Mumbai: Slain RTI activist Satish Shetty`s
brother today said that he wanted to intervene in the PIL
being heard by the Bombay High Court in connection with the
murder.
Satish, a Talegaon-based Right To Information (RTI)
activist and an anti-corruption crusader, who had unearthed
several land-related scams in the area, was killed last month
by unidentified assailants.
The High Court took suo motu (own its own) notice of
the incident and initiated a PIL. Sandip, Satish`s younger
brother, was today present in the court.
His lawyer said that he wanted to intervene in the
PIL, as he had a lot of documents pertaining to Satish`s RTI
queries.
"He has no confidence in the police," Sandip`s lawyer
said. The division bench of Justices F I Rebello and J H
Bhatia said that it would allow him to become a party.
The state government today informed the court that out
of six persons who are suspected to be involved in Satish`s
murder, five have been arrested so far, and police have sought
magistrate`s permission to subject them to lie detector test.
Senior advocate D Madon, appointed as amicus curiae to
assist the court, said that countries such as Mexico and
Columbia have special systems for providing protection to
activists, and authorities are studying them.
PTI
