Protesting the alleged murder of RTI activist Chandra Mohan Sharma, hundreds of protesters took out a candle march at India Gate on Monday evening. The protesters assembled at Noida’s Sector 18 Metro station and moved to the Capital where senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia joined them. Blaming police failure for the death of the activist, protesters reiterated their demand for a CBI probe and arrests of the culpable.
Police detained 20 protesters, including seven-eight juveniles, who took out the candle march at India Gate, in Tilak Nagar PS.
This is the second candle march in two days in
which scores of RTI activists, social activists and AAP members participated. On Sunday, they had organised a march in Greater Noida.
The charred body of 38-year-old Chandra Mohan, who had unearthed several cases of land grabbing in Greater Noida region, was found in his Chevrolet near Eldeco crossing on Thursday night.