1 held for assault on RTI applicant.

Express News Service: Mon Apr 11 2011,

A day after an alleged attack on real estate professional Arvind Kaushal (40) who had filed an RTI application on a construction work in Kharadi, the Yerawada police arrested a person named by Kaushal in his police complaint. The police have also slapped attempt to murder charges against him.

Kaushal had alleged that he was attacked at the behest of Ganesh Chonde, who is allegedly linked to the group that was carrying out the commercial construction work in Ganga Constella Project in Kharadi, which was stopped by the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) after Kaushal file an RTI application seeking details of the project. The project is a venture of Goel-Raisoni Associates.

Sub inspector Suresh Gholap of the Yerawada police station said, “Our investigations revealed that Chonde had made calls to Kaushal on Friday evening just before the attack. He was arrested late on Saturday night. We have slapped an additional IPC section 307 of attempt to murder on him.” Senior inspector Deepak Sawant will investigate the case further. Meanwhile, the other members of the Ganga Constella Society held an emergency meeting on Sunday and condemned the attack on society member Arvind Kaushal.”