Members of the Odisha Soochana Adhikar Abhijan and Civil Society Forum on Human Rights on Thursday met Chief Secretary Gokul Chandra Pati and demanded a high-level inquiry into the murder of RTI user Ganesh Chandra Panda in Brahmapur last year.Submitting a five-point charter of demands to the Chief Secretary, a delegation of rights activists comprising Pradip Pradhan, Akhanda, Pradipta Nayak and Chandra Nath Dani urged him to order for high-level inquiry to find out the circumstances leading to brutal murder of RTI activist Ganesh Chandra Panda.
The demands included opening of a special desk at the Director General of Police office especially for RTI and human rights activists to receive the complaints of attacks and threats against them and to take prompt action against the accused, amendment of Anti-people Odisha RTI Rules 2005 and provision of adequate financial support for survival of the family members of deceased Ganesh Chandra Panda.