Ahmedabad:Prominent Right to Information (RTI) activist Amit Jethwa was shot dead by unidentified assailants near the Gujarat High Court last night. Jethwa was campaigning against
alleged illegal mining in the Gir Sanctuary in Saurashtra, which is allegedly
backed by some politicians. Jethwa had filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL)
in the High Court, which alleged that mining activities were being carried out
in the Una and Kodinar areas of Saurashtra with the support of Junagadh BJP MP
Dinubhai Boghabhai Solanki and his relatives. Jethwa had further alleged that
the Solankis were also running illegal mines and stone crushers in a village on
the border of the Gir forest.
