Dehradun police have arrested one Vinod Kumar Jain, resident of Rishikesh, who is a self-proclaimed RTI activist, on the charge of demanding Rs 40, 000 from a Forest beat officer for not disclosing documents related to his promotion.
In the written complaint to Nehru Colony police station, the beat officer stated that Jain who is claiming himself as an RTI activist, has been threatening him to disclose documents related to his promotion or else cough up money.
Acting on the complaint, a case was registered in the police station. SSP Sadanand Date directed the police officers to crack the case at the earliest.
A joint team from vigilance and Nehru Colony police station was formed. The team caught the accused while he was receiving Rs 20, 000 from the complainant.
In course of interrogation, the accused is learnt to have admitted that he used to collect documents from various departments and demanded money from officials while threatening to reveal information thus gathered.