Gujarat: RTI activist who took on education mafia found dead in Navsari
An RTI activist of
Surat, who was found with multiple injuries on his head and shoulder on
the National Highway-8 in Navsari on Wednesday, succumbed later in the night in
a private hospital.
The victim, 31-year-old
Rajesh Savaliya, had launched a drive to expose the education mafia operating
in the city. He had also reportedly complained to the District Education
officer about a number of schools functioning without proper licences or
approval letters. He is also said to have received threat calls allegedly from
the education mafia, the last over a month ago.
A resident of
Mahalaxmi society in Punagam area in Varachha, Rajesh’s father Vinay Savaliya
told the police that his son had left house on Tuesday evening for a
friend’s construction site at Pardi in Valsad district. Rajesh was given a ride
in a car by one of his friend’s mother and sister who reportedly dropped him on
NH-8. On Wednesday evening,
Rajesh’s friend Vijay Patel received a call from city’s Navsari Civil Hospital
about him being severely injured.
Police said Vijay,
along with five others, reached the hospital and learnt that the 108 ambulance
services had received a call about a person found lying by the roadside near
Sai Baba temple on NH-8 in Navsari. Vijay shifted Rajesh, who had received
severe injuries on his head, left shoulder and stomach, to a private hospital
in Surat. Vijay informed Rajesh’s family members who also reached the
hospital. On Wednesday night, however, Rajesh was declared dead by
doctors. Rajesh was cremated at
Ashwanikumar cremation home in Varachha on Thursday afternoon. Several
RTI activists attended his funeral... read more:
