iIn a stern order, the Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed the Union Home secretary to produce complete records related to former CRPF IG Rajnish Rai's report on fake encounters by forces.
The order was issued as the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), in spite of two notices from the CIC, failed to produce the records before it. Mincing no words, the Commission reminded the secretary that it was summoning records under the provisions of the Right To Information (RTI) Act which give it the power of a civil court in summoning any document from a public authority.
"The respondent MHA through Secretary, MHA shall take due notice under Section 18(4) of the RTI Act and no part of the document summoned shall be withheld from the Commission," Information Commissioner Yashovardhan Azad said.
The case pertains to an RTI application seeking a copy of the report on a fake encounter by a joint squad of security forces in Assam in which two persons were killed.
