Patna, June 19: A Right to Information (RTI) activist was shot dead on Tuesday by unidentified assailants in Bihar's East Champaran district, police said.

Rajender Singh was attacked by motorcycle-borne attackers near Matganvari chowk in Motihari, the district headquarters, said police official Abhisek Ranjan.

According to local police officials, Singh had exposed several rackets and scams in LIC, recruitment of school teachers and financial irregularities in welfare schemes and development works in the district.

An RTI activist was shot dead in Vaishali district in April.

 

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Jammu (PTI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived in Jammu on Friday night ahead of the hectic day-long campaigning on Saturday during which he will address five public rallies in three districts of Jammu and Kashmir.

Shah arrived here from Delhi and drove straight to the State Guest house, a senior BJP leader said.

Shah will fly to Poonch early tomorrow morning and address the first of four rallies in Mendhar followed by Surankote in Poonch district, he added.

Shah is scheduled to address rallies in Thanamandi and Rajouri followed by Akhnoor in Jammu.

He is also expected to hold a rally in the Nowshera constituency in support of Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina on Sunday.