Bihar, July 2: A Right to Information (RTI) activist and his friend were shot dead on Sunday by unidentified assailants in Bihar's Jamui district, police said. This is third such crime in the last three months, according to an IANS report. Valmiki Yadav and his friend Karu Yadav were attacked by motorcycle-borne assailants near Bichwe village in Sikandra police station area, a district police official said.

According to reports, Yadav has exposed several rackets and financial irregularities in the public welfare schemes and developmental works in the district. In April, an RTI activist was shot dead in Vaishali district, whereas another RTI activist was shot dead in East Champaran district last month.

Last week, a Sarpanch of Pipli village in Sonepat district allegedly shot dead a 24-year-old man, for suspecting that he had sought details against him through an RTI application. According to a Hindustan Times report, the deceased has been identified as Ashish Dahiya, and he was working out with his cousin at a gym near his village. This is reportedly the second attack by sarpanch Ram Nivas in the last one month on a person he suspected to have filed the RTI application.

(With inputs from IANS)

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