‘Absconding’ RTI activist was right here all along
ByArchana More,Gunwanti ParasteArchana More and Gunwanti Paraste / Updated: Jul 7, 2021, 06:00 IST
YEAR-LONG SAGA ENDS IN EMBARASSMENT FOR CITY COPS
MCOCA-accused Ravindra Barhate strolled into
Pune police commissionerate on Tuesday afternoon, got arrested; cops were searching for him far and wide for over a year now, but it was revealed that he was getting treatment at a Pune hospital
In a major turns of events that has brought embarrassment to Pune police, Ravindra Barhate, the Right to Information (
RTI) activist who was a wanted accused in land grabbing cases under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (
Barate’s wife reinstated in Wanawadi flat by court
ByArchana MoreArchana More / Updated: Mar 3, 2021, 06:00 IST
properties although it belonged to her
In a setback to police and district collector, the
court of judicial magistrate first class on Monday passed an order to release a property of absconding RTI activist Ravindra
Barate that was attached on February 24.
Last week, the district collector, with the help of Kothrud police, sealed Barate’s house at Lullanagar in Wanawadi. At the time of attachment procedure, they drove Barate’s wife Sangeeta (50) out of the house forcefully. She then moved the court and filed an application, challenging the attachment order, as the house belongs to her.