Thursday, March 3, 2011

NREGA whistleblower lynched

DALTONGANJ: A social activist involved in exposing alleged irregularities in implementing MGNREGA schemes was beaten to death at Jeruwa village in Latehar's Manika police station.

The incident occurred on the intervening night of March 2-3. Niyamat Ansari (53) was associated with former member of the MGNREGA council and present member of the National Advisory Council Jean Dreze.

Latehar SP Kuldip Dwivedi said the sister of the deceased, Shaida Bibi, had lodged an FIR with Manika police station in which she claimed to have identified the assailants.

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