The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that a differently-abled RTI activist was found dead in a canal after being abducted by unidentified persons from an area near his residence in the Tharad district, Gujarat on 12th October, 2025. Reportedly, the victim’s body was found in a canal on 14th October, 2025.

The Commission has observed that the contents of the news report, if true, raise a serious issue of violation of the human rights of the victim. Therefore, it has issued a notice to the Director General of Police, Gujarat, calling for a detailed report on the matter within two weeks.

According to the media report, carried on 15th October, 2025, the victim had filed complaints with the authorities regarding alleged forged beneficiary documents and other irregularities by the local builders in the slum redevelopment project under the Public-Private Partnership scheme.

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