RTI Victim- A Ten Year old Boy of Kendrapara District of Odisha
(Poor
Parents seeking financial support for treatment of Boy)
On 10.5.16, Suvam Sarathi
Rout, a ten year old boy, s/o- Kalandi Rout, Vill- Bhagaban Pur, Post-
Marshaghai of Kendrapara district was physically attacked by miscreants in the
night around 1 o’clock, when he was asleep. The miscreants entered Kalandi’s house
with target to murder the boy. They attacked the boy with weapons causing heavy
head injuries. When the boy cried, the miscreants ran away in dark night. The
parents could not identify anybody. The boy lost the sense due to heavy
bleeding. Immediately, the parents
brought the boy to Cuttack and got him admitted in Star Hospital. After
week-long treatment with expenditure of Rs. 2 lakh and finding no improvement in
the condition of the patients, the
parents ensured her admission in S.C.B. Medical, Cuttack. Suvam is in Central I.C.U. and fighting for
survival.
Background of the Incident
There is huge corruption,
irregularities and misappropriation of fund in every development work and in
each office of the State Govt. It has become very common practice under able leadership of Nabin Patnaik, Chief
Minister, Odisha. The leaders of Ruling party and officials are openly indulged
in corruption and amassing huge property worth crores of rupees. It is see that
the common people could not tolerate magnitude of corruption and have started
reacting against the corruption and using RTI to expose it. Sri Kalandi Nayak ,
a poor villager and daily wage labourer
of Marshaghai Block of Kendrapara district found misappropriation of around Rs. 15 lakh fund in repair of Udayabata Upper Primary School and
mismanagement of fund for Mid-Day-Meal by the Head Master of the School,
Block Education Officer and District
Education Officer. He filed RTI application
to the PIO, office of Block Education Officer, Marshaghai seeking information about details of fund sanctioned,
utilised along with copy of bill and
vouchures. The whole administration
got disturbed having seen the
application and tried to convince him to withdraw the application.
When Sri Kalandi remained determined
to pursue the application and also
filed first appeal petition after
denial of information by the PIO, he received a lot of threats call
of murder from different people.
He has also got the information that a coterie
of powerful people including Chairman, Marshaghai Block and Officials and Contractors are getting organised to attack him at
anytime. The attack on his son Suvam in
mid-night is the result of the conspiracy hatched by the said coterie. While taking steps to ensure admission
of his
severely injured child in hospital, he filed FIR in Marshaghai police station ( IIC Mobile No- 9437523699) on 12.5.16. Though
more than 10 days passed, the Inspector-In-Charge has not taken any steps to nab the culprits.
The parents have sought
financial support for treatment of their child. I produce herewith the contact No. of Kalandi ( 9583303401) to contact him.
M-9937843482
Date- 22.5.16
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