Pune: RTI activist arrested for ‘extorting Rs 2 crore’ from highway contractor
A Right to Information (RTI) activist, Dattatraya Phalke (46), has been arrested by Pune City Police’s Crime Branch for allegedly trying to extort Rs 2 crore from a National Highway road contractor.
The complainant in this case works for a company that had got a contract for construction of a road at Jamkhed in Ahmednagar district.
Phalke allegedly questioned the complainant several times about the work being done by his company on the national highway in Ahmednagar. Claiming that the company was doing illegal work, Phalke allegedly demanded Rs 2 crore from the complainant and threatened to file RTI applications against the company if the money was not paid.
