Ex-employee uses RTI to extort â¹3.5 crore from firm, arrested
A former general manager of a Mumbai-based infrastructure firm was arrested for extorting â¹3.5 crore from the company using information he gathered on irregularities in the firm's projects using the RTI Act. He then filed complaints against the firm over the irregularities and demanded money to retract them. The company's bills were allegedly stuck owing to the man's complaints.